World Aug 29 WFP’s Cindy McCain describes dire conditions after visit to famine-gripped Gaza 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
World Aug 23 Watch 5:50 ‘Purely in survival mode’: Aid worker shares conditions in Gaza City after famine declared 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… By John Yang, Andrew Corkery
World Aug 22 Watch 7:42 ‘Man-made disaster’: Famine declared in Gaza City where half a million face starvation 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… By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn
World Aug 22 Watch 6:18 A glimpse of life in Gaza, through the voices of its children 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… By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Shams Odeh
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
Aug 20 Villagers offer harrowing accounts of one of the deadliest attacks in Sudan’s civil war By Samy Magdy, Associated Press At least 200 people were killed in the village of Shaq al-Noum, including many women and children. Witnesses told The Associated Press that hundreds of fighters rampaged through the community, burning houses and shooting at fleeing residents. Continue reading
Aug 15 Heat and thirst drive families in Gaza to drink water that makes them sick By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz, Associated Press The thirst is only growing as a heat wave bears down, with humidity and temperatures in Gaza soaring. Continue reading
Aug 14 Malnourished kids arrive daily at a Gaza hospital as Netanyahu denies hunger By Mariam Dagga, Lee Keath, Associated Press The U.N. says starvation and malnutrition in Gaza are at the highest levels since the war began. The Gaza Health Ministry says 171 people have died of malnutrition-related causes since July 1, a quarter of them children. Continue reading