This special report from the World Peace Foundation documents how Ethiopian and Eritrean belligerents in the war in Tigray have comprehensively dismantled the region’s economy and food system. It provide evidence of their ongoing actions to deprive people of objects and activities indispensable to their survival—actions that amount to international …
More than 6 million people in Yemen are on the verge of starvation, Oxfam warned on Tuesday, adding that months of war and a blockade on imports were pushing an additional 25,000 people into hunger every day. One in two of Yemen's people - nearly 13 million - are now …
United Nations notes progress on Millennium Development Goals, but says challenges remain for India India has made notable progress towards realising the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including of reducing poverty by half and securing gender parity, but the achievements across the goals vary, a major UN (United Nations) report has …
PEACE and environmental activists from around the world who are meeting here have called on African governments to slap a ban on uranium mining and world leaders to outlaw nuclear weapons, saying they are twin threats. The young activists said as the twin threats of nuclear weapons and uranium mining …
In Mahoba, one of Bundelkhand's most backward districts, a bank goes to the doorstep of the poorest to turn the idea of `right to food' into a reality . Managed by a group of 40 youngsters and 5 elders, the `roti bank' gives home-cooked rotis and vegetables to the needy …
A councillor whose campaign against food waste led to a law forcing French supermarkets to donate unwanted food to charity has set his sights on getting similar legislation passed globally. Arash Derambarsh said it was “scandalous and absurd” that food is wasted and in some cases deliberately spoiled while the …
Four children have died and many more could starve to death as the hundreds of people who were forcefully evicted from Rwamutonga village, Hoima district continue to wait for court to decide their fate. According to the area Local Council Chairperson, Onzima Aloysius, four children have died of malaria in …
Scientists are already worried about the rapidly growing human population, which is approaching unsustainable levels and threatening global food security. And now, new research shows that soil losses may exacerbate this problem and result in possible ramifications for human security. It's no secret that despite abundant supplies in developed worlds, …
Starvation is looming in Zimbabwe after widespread failure of crops coupled by the country's policies that have failed to stimulate economic growth. A snap survey by The Standard in various parts of the country showed that a large chunk of the staple crop -- maize -- is now a write …
Climate change is making drought conditions in south-west and south-east Australia worse, with serious ramifications for people’s health and the agriculture industry, a new paper has warned. The Climate Council report states that since the mid-1990s, south-east Australia has experienced a 15% drop in rainfall during late autumn and early …
More than 81,000 people, including students, in Taita Taveta county are starving due to drought. Most families are now surviving on one meal a day while cases of killing wildlife for bush meat have increased in the low land areas bordering Tsavo National Park. For the last five years, the …
Oshivelo — A desperate plea for immediate government assistance has rung out from the scorched and wilted maize and mahangu fields north of Oshivelo in the Otjikoto Region. Food insecurity and subsequent starvation could threaten the livelihoods of thousands of farmers and their families. Respected community leader and two-time Mahangu …
MORE than 20,000 residents of Magadi risk starvation if they do not receive immediate food assistance, area MCA Peter Pariken said yesterday. "Families have moved with their children into Tanzania in search of grazing areas, and schools are now almost empty," Pariken told the Star. The Kajiado county government yesterday …
Inter-Parliamentary Union’s meeting comes ahead of Second International Conference on Nutrition in Rome Rome - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today urged lawmakers from around the world meeting in Rome to play their part in transforming into positive results the commitments to provide healthier diets for all people which …
The United Nations envoy in Somalia warned today that despite some political and security gains, the humanitarian situation in the long-troubled country has deteriorated, with more than three million people now in need of assistance, including over one million Somalis who do not have enough to eat. This number is …
The latest Global Hunger Index report has revealed that the number of hungry people has declined in India with its score improving to 55th position in 2014 due to progress made in addressing underweight in children. Interestingly, India has performed better than its south Asian neighbours Pakistan (57) and Bangladesh …
Emergency food aid, normal rainfall and the start of the harvest have helped to stave off famine in South Sudan, the latest analysis shows, but there is a risk of mass starvation in early 2015. Aid agencies scrambled to avert famine in South Sudan by launching the world’s largest humanitarian …
Were known for prosperity only 10 days back Farmers in the Chenab basin have been struggling for a handful of foodgrain to save their families from starvation after the devastating floods snatched everything from them. Known for their prosperity 10 days back, they are virtually leading a hand to mouth …
BAJURA: Although locals of 11 VDCs have been facing acute food crisis for the last two months, they are yet to be supplied with rice in the northern part of Bajura. Chief of Food Corporation in Kolti, Ramesh Bahadur Singh, said the food crisis will hit locals hard after the …
Death toll in Tharparkar from drought continued to go up as a total of 59 children had so far been a victim of acute starvation. One more child, a girl Zareena aged one month had ceased to fighting against malnutrition and expired at the Civil Hospital at Mithi. Sources in …
Alittle girl balances a bag of donated rice on her head as she begs for her family of eight. Other children play in fetid, trash-clogged pools of water. And at a religious class at a makeshift mosque, more than a third of the children had not eaten that day. Or …
