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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that a historic funding shortfall was forcing it to “drastically” cut rations in most of its operations, potentially pushing an additional 24 million people to the brink of starvation over the next 12 months. more
Pakistan, Afghanistan among global hunger hotspots: UN report

New York: Acute food insecurity is set to potentially increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots” comprising a total of 22 countries, which include Afghanistan ...

Haiti: Amid rising hunger levels, ‘world cannot wait for disaster before it acts’, WFP warns

New York: A growing crisis is pushing a higher number of people into hunger in Haiti, the UN food agency warned on Thursday.

UN agencies call for urgent action to avert famine risk in 20 ‘hunger hotspots’

New York: Famine is already on the doorstep of millions of families in 20 countries, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday in a report that calls for urgent action to avert rising hunger due ...

Refugees at risk of hunger and malnutrition, as relief hit in Eastern Africa

New York: UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to reduce its food and cash assistance for refugees in Eastern Africa by up to 30 per cent, the agency has said, voicing fears that ...

UN report sends ‘sobering message’ of deeply entrenched hunger globally

New York: In much of the world, “hunger remains deeply entrenched and is rising”, the UN chief said on Monday, launching this year’s major UN food security update, highl ...

Yemen: millions of children facing deadly hunger, amidst aid shortages and COVID-19

New York : Millions of children in the heart of the world’s worst humanitarian disaster could be pushed to the brink of starvation, due to huge shortfalls in humanitarian aid fundin ...

‘Colossal human loss’ threatens Asia, Pacific as hunger fight stalls – UN agencies

New York,Well over half the world’s undernourished people live in the Asia-Pacific region, making it a critical part of the global push to end extreme hunger and malnutrition in lin ...

Urgent need to step-up protection of children in crises – UN rights wing

New York: Children in crisis situations face a raft of challenges – from family separation and forced recruitment to sexual exploitation and abject poverty – the deputy United ...

Hunger rates remain high amid conflict, climate shocks, warns UN food security report

New York: Increased hunger and food insecurity, fuelled by conflict and climatic challenges, continues to inflict suffering on populations in different parts of the world, forcing them to ...