World Nov 07 The role outside powers are playing in Sudan’s continued, brutal war By Lee Keath, Michelle Price, Associated Press
World Nov 03 Famine is gripping two regions of war-torn Sudan, hunger monitoring group says The world's leading authority on hunger crises says famine has spread to two regions of war-torn Sudan. By Samy Magdy, Associated Press
World Oct 16 On World Food Day, Pope Leo condemns use of hunger as weapon of war Pope Leo XIV has denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war during an address to a U.N. agency. By Giada Zampano, Associated Press
World Aug 29 Watch 6:32 WFP’s Cindy McCain describes dire conditions after visit to famine-gripped Gaza Israel launched its Gaza City offensive, labeling it a Hamas stronghold. It’s home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians already facing starvation and yet another round of forced displacement. The U.N. warns that Israel’s evacuation orders are a “recipe for… By William Brangham, Dan Sagalyn, Janine AlHadidi
World Aug 27 Besieged city is ‘epicenter of child suffering’ in Sudan, UNICEF warns Darfur’s El-Fasher faces a “devastating tragedy” as the city’s remaining population of about 260,000 people, half of them children, are besieged by the Rapid Support Forces, the U.N.’s children’s arm has warned. By Samy Magdy, Associated Press
Aug 23 Watch 5:50 ‘Purely in survival mode’: Aid worker shares conditions in Gaza City after famine declared By John Yang, Andrew Corkery Officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 33 people, including Palestinians sheltering in tents and seeking scarce food. It comes a day after the IPC declared that Gaza City is in the grips of a famine… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch 7:42 ‘Man-made disaster’: Famine declared in Gaza City where half a million face starvation By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn The international organization that monitors hunger crises around the world has declared that parts of Gaza are in famine. The U.N.-backed group of experts said that half a million people in Gaza, a quarter of the population, are facing “catastrophic… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch 6:18 A glimpse of life in Gaza, through the voices of its children By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Shams Odeh As many as 132,000 children in Gaza under the age of five are at risk of dying from acute malnutrition between now and next summer, according to a U.N.-backed group of experts. Half of Gaza’s population is children, and many… Continue watching
Aug 22 Experts warned that Gaza was at risk of famine. Here’s why they confirmed it for Gaza City By Sam Mednick, Associated Press Aid groups and food security experts have warned for months that Gaza was on the brink of famine, but this is the first official confirmation. Continue reading
Aug 22 Famine grips Gaza’s largest city and is likely to spread, food crisis authority says By Sam Mednick, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said famine is happening in Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, and could spread south to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month. Continue reading