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A UN-chartered shipment of grain has set off from Ukraine for Africa following a deal to relieve a global food crisis.

More than five billion people would die of hunger following a full-scale conflict, say scientists.

The United Nations said its humanitarian agencies are facing the “biggest funding gap ever” in Yemen, warning of the risk of a sharp rise in humanitarian needs across the war-torn country - including the risk of famine in some areas - unless additional funding is secured. The latest report by…

Agreements to unblock Ukrainian grain stuck at Black Sea ports for nearly six months of war also gave a boost to Russia's food and fertilizer

One year after the fall of Kabul, life is difficult and precarious for almost everyone in Afghanistan. More than half of the 40 million people of this troubled country are facing severe malnutrition and grinding poverty, and 90% struggle with food insecurity. In a land of widows and orphans, disaster…

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A nuclear war between Russia and the US would have devastating global impacts including famine and the deaths of an estimated five billion people according to new research looking into possibilities of this type of conflict

A year after the Taliban swept across Afghanistan, sparking a chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces, the country’s dire economic and human rights outlook has only worsened.

Since the 20 year Afghanistan conflict ended last year, the country could suffer more deaths - as one of the largest humanitarian groups report 24 million could go hungry, with women suffering the most