Apr 11 In Ethiopia, the margins between starvation and survival narrow as food aid becomes scarce By Willem Marx In late 2023, PBS NewsHour special correspondent Willem Marx and videographer Edward Kiernan traveled across Ethiopia to understand the role that climate change and conflict were having on food supplies, witnessing first-hand the work that the World Food Program and… Continue reading
Mar 13 U.S. aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region By Samuel Getachew, Fred Harter, Associated Press Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration's restrictions on foreign aid. Continue reading
Dec 26 Aid groups concerned after U.S. says it pushed retraction of famine warning for northern Gaza By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press U.S. officials say they asked for — and got — the retraction of an independent monitor's warning of imminent famine in north Gaza. Continue reading
Dec 24 'Unprecedented' famine spreading in war-torn Sudan, report says By Samy Magdy, Associated Press A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said Tuesday famine had been detected in five areas in the north eastern African country. Continue reading
Nov 12 Israeli airstrikes kill 31 across Gaza and 6 near Beirut By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Palestinian medical officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 31 people in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone. Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch 6:49 Humanitarian chief Jan Egeland says Israel 'deliberately starving' people in Gaza By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi An independent famine review committee affiliated with the United Nations declared that across northern Gaza, starvation, malnutrition and excess mortality, are “rapidly increasing” and “famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future.” Nick… Continue watching
Oct 17 Hunger experts say risk of famine in Gaza remains high By Samy Magdy, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press The findings come after the United States warned Israel that it might cut off military aid if its ally does not do more to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Continue reading
Oct 15 Southern Africa facing its worst hunger crisis in decades due to El Niño, the UN says By Gerald Imray, Associated Press The World Food Program said Tuesday it could become a "full-scale human catastrophe." Five countries — Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe — have declared national disasters over the drought and resultant hunger. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch 5:32 UNICEF chief on the hunger crisis afflicting millions of children in Sudan and Gaza By Geoff Bennett A high risk of famine persists across the Gaza Strip with 96 percent of people there facing high levels of acute food insecurity. In Sudan, there is growing evidence that the civil war, now in its second year, is creating… Continue watching
Jun 05 UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July By Samy Magdy, Associated Press On Tuesday, a separate group of experts said it's possible that famine is underway in northern Gaza but that the war and restrictions on humanitarian access have impeded the data collection to prove it. Continue reading