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The United States' system for monitoring famine globally has been taken offline amid President Donald Trump's order for a 90-day freeze on nearly all US foreign assistance.
Famine in Sudan has expanded to five areas and will likely spread to another five by May, the global hunger monitor reported Tuesday, while warring parties continue to disrupt humanitarian aid ...
Northern Gaza is experiencing a “full-blown famine” which is rapidly spreading across the strip after almost seven months of war, the executive director of the World Food Programme has said.
These famines taking place in 1993 and 1998 both set a precedent and introduced a weakness into the farming and food chain of Sudan that would allow the 2024 famine to attack with severity. [8] As a result of the Sudanese civil war, supplies such as food and water were becoming "extremely acute." [9]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Gaza Strip famine Country Palestine Location Gaza Strip Total deaths 41 confirmed [a] [b] 62,413 estimated Causes Gaza war (including war, humanitarian aid blockade, destruction of food and water infrastructure, looting) Relief Humanitarian aid Consequences 1.84 million people in IPC Phase 3 ...
United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric stated that the Haitian famine represented: “one of the highest proportions of acutely food insecure people in any crisis around the world”. [22] World Food Programme director for Haiti Jean-Martin Bauer referred to the famine as "the worst humanitarian crisis in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake ...
Cindy McCain, the executive director of the World Food Programme, said she believes there is a "full-blown famine" in northern Gaza. "Whenever you have conflicts like this, and emotions rage high ...
The United Nations reported in 2020 that Syria faced "an unprecedented hunger crisis" as food prices had risen by 200 percent within a year [1] with "tens of thousands" at risk of famine in the north-west region of the country, described as "the worst humanitarian crisis since violence broke out in Syria nine years ago". [2]