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In Yemen, farmers choose narcotic over other crops, exacerbating climate woes

Farmers are draining groundwater around Yemen's capital and removing soil to cultivate the narcotic green leaf qat that dominates life in the country, threatening to exhaust precious resources in the climate-vulnerable nation.

Reuters

Surge in Starving Children in War-torn Syria

The number of malnourished children starving in northeastern Syria, an area ravaged by more than a decade of conflict, has risen by 150 percent, aid group Save the Children said Thursday. "Every day we have to deal with more malnourished children than the day before," the aid agency said, in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cost of living crisis driving food banks to 'breaking point' with 'need exceeding donations' for first time, says charity

One in five individuals referred now coming from working households

Manchester Evening News

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Food banks ‘at breaking point’ with 320,000 first-time users

The Trussell Trust issued a stark warning on Thursday after new research showed record-breaking levels of need

Wales Online

Cost of living sees food banks ‘at breaking point’ with 320,000 first-time users

New research from the Trussell Trust shows record-breaking levels of need, with one in five individuals referred coming from working households.

The Independent UK

Global population to hit 8 billion

The world's population will reach 8 billion in the middle of November -- a testament to scientific breakthroughs and improvements in nutrition, public health and sanitation. But as our human family grows larger, it is also growing more divided.

Bangkok Post

3 Food Processing Dividend Stocks That Could Benefit From Food Shortages Driven By Russia-Ukraine War

With global supply chain shortages impacting nearly every sector of the economy in the past two years, will global food shortages worsen? As the U.S.

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UN warns of worsening food crisis in Sri Lanka amid economic woes

UN agencies say they raised $79m in aid, they need an additional $70m to cater to growing number of poor people.

Al Jazeera

African nations can’t ‘adapt’ to the climate crisis. Here’s what rich countries must do

There are 37 million people facing starvation in the Horn of Africa. Time for wealthier countries to adopt ‘loss and damage finance’, says climate activist Vanessa Nakate

The Guardian - UK

Foodbanks in regional South Australia experience record-breaking days as cost of living soars

More people are turning to food support services across regional South Australia as cost-of-living pressures eat into household budgets.

ABC News

Zayn Malik calls on Rishi Sunak to expand free school meals

Feed the Future: The former One Direction member relied on free school meals as a child

The Independent UK

‘Shocking reality’: Food banks could close this winter because of energy bills

UK likely to see some charities being ‘forced to stop feeding the hungry’, warns Gordon Brown

The Independent UK

Africa is being devastated by a climate crisis it didn’t cause. Cop27 must help

Drought, flooding and rising sea levels are creating havoc across our continent – we need support from richer nations to adapt, says Amina J Mohammed, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations

The Guardian - UK

Int’l Report: 4,000 Yemenis are Killed Each Year in Land, Water Disputes

An international center has warned that climate change put the population of Yemen at significant risk moving forward, both in their ability to attain needed resources to survive and in the potential for conflict to continue well into the future over increasingly constrained resources. In its report on the climate…

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Al Jazeera

Malnutrition woes overwhelm children in northeast Nigeria

Over 1.3 million children under 5 are likely suffering acute malnourishment in northeast Nigeria, according to the UN.

The Guardian - UK

Climate ‘loss and damage’: why it’s such a big deal at Cop27

Global heating crisis is felt most by countries that are least to blame, so reparations are central to demands for climate justice

The Independent UK

G7 ministers rally support for Ukraine, suspicion of China

Top diplomats from the world’s major industrialized democracies are rallying support for Ukraine and coming together to voice suspicion of China’s increasing assertiveness

Daily Mirror

Brit stuck in Egyptian prison goes on full hunger strike and will die in weeks

Egypt has still not granted the UK consular access to Alaa Abdel Fattah despite British and Egyptian officials working closely together on planning for the climate summit

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Ethiopia peace deal hailed as a ‘new dawn’

World and regional leaders welcome the peace agreement, stressing this is the first step to end the bloody war.

Reuters

For survivors of Ethiopia's Tigray war, truce brings cautious hope

A ceasefire deal in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has raised cautious hope among millions of people impacted by the bloody two-year conflict that their anguish could be coming to an end.

Radio France Internationale

Nearly eight million at risk of starvation in South Sudan

Three United Nations agencies say up to eight million people in South Sudan could face severe food shortages between now and next year's harvests as a result of floods, drought and conflict.

The Independent UK

New report: Two-thirds of South Sudan badly food insecure

A new report says nearly 8 million people in South Sudan, or about two-thirds of the population, will face acute food insecurity during the next lean season as climate shocks and conflict deepen the already vulnerable situation for many

Reuters

Two thirds of South Sudan population risk severe hunger in 2023 - U.N

Up to 7.8 million people in South Sudan, two thirds of the population, may face severe food shortages during next year's April-to-July lean season due to floods, drought and conflict, United Nations agencies said on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

‘More dignity’: aid organisations switch to cash in drought-hit Ethiopia

Giving people money is said to be more efficient and empowering than in-kind aid such as sacks of grain

The Guardian - UK

Expand free school meals to combat rise in malnutrition, say health experts

Doctors and nurses report seeing hungry children on a daily basis as they urge government to act

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