Famine
Russia ‘holding humanity hostage’ over Black Sea grain deal, UN hears
Security council session told that world’s poorest and most vulnerable at risk after Russia blocked exports
Julian Borger in Washington
21, Jul, 2023 @8:04 PM
Ancestor’s Irish famine role could merit compensation, says Laura Trevelyan
Sir Charles Trevelyan was Treasury official during great famine in 19th century when potato crops failed
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
01, May, 2023 @12:34 PM
Somalis are dying because of a climate crisis they didn’t cause. More aid isn’t the answer | Abdirahman Abdishakur
Despite billions spent on the humanitarian response, Somalia faces another year of drought and hunger. We desperately need money, but it needs to be better spent
Abdirahman Abdishakur
22, Mar, 2023 @7:30 AM
‘Poisoned candy’: North Korean state media shuns food aid despite hunger crisis
South Korea warns that death from starvation appears to be rising in many of the North’s provinces
Guardian staff and agencies
22, Feb, 2023 @2:51 AM
For peace in Haiti, first win the war on hunger | Letters
Letters: The millions of Haitians facing food insecurity need our help, says Jean-Martin Bauer of the UN’s World Food Programme, while Selma James urges robust reporting on the crisis
17, Jan, 2023 @5:45 PM
Haiti faces famine – but its troubles are rooted in a brutal colonial past | Kenneth Mohammed
The Caribbean country has been blighted by colonial exploitation, natural disasters and violent gangs – now a food crisis looms. What can be done to fix Haiti?
Kenneth Mohammed
14, Dec, 2022 @7:15 AM
Fear of the F-word: Somalia avoids famine declaration as hunger spreads
Government fears interference from foreign aid agencies could destabilise development policy in a country hit by conflict and the climate crisis – yet people are dying of malnutrition
Tracy McVeigh in Mogadishu and Galkayo
06, Dec, 2022 @7:15 AM
Germany set to declare starvation of Ukrainians under Stalin a genocide
Bundestag hopes move will serve as ‘warning’ to Moscow as Ukraine faces potential hunger crisis
Philip Oltermann
25, Nov, 2022 @1:36 PM
Tigray still without aid eight days after deal to end Ethiopia’s blockade
Humanitarian groups hope to deliver huge influx of food and medicine to millions facing famine and disease
Jason Burke in Johannesburg
10, Nov, 2022 @2:09 PM
Climate crisis funds not reaching countries in need, senior UN official says
With famine in Somalia almost inevitable, Martin Griffiths criticises opaque handling of $100bn a year promised to poorer countries
Kaamil Ahmed
27, Oct, 2022 @5:30 AM
Dispatches from Somalia: farmers and families describe struggle as drought deepens
Reporters from Bilan, an all-female media team based in Mogadishu, visited different areas of Somalia to find out how the crisis has hit communities
Kiin Hassan Fakat, Shukri Mohamed Abdi and Fathi Mohamed Ahmed
11, Oct, 2022 @11:01 AM
‘Overlapping shocks’ are undoing efforts to end hunger in Africa, UN warns
Urgent aid response needed as climate crisis, Covid, local conflicts and soaring fuel prices push millions more into hunger
Fred Harter in Addis Ababa
11, Oct, 2022 @10:03 AM
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