The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Fears for Rohingya refugees left adrift

A woman and her daughters with family in Australia are among about 200 refugees stranded aboard a rickety wooden boat without food or water in Southeast Asia.

AAP · Dec 26, 2022

Ethiopian government team begins visit in Tigray after peace deal

A high-level Ethiopian delegation landed in the Tigrayan capital of Mekele for a first official visit to implement issues signed in in the 2 November peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 26, 2022

Yemen: 70% of Food Imports Enter Through Hodeidah Port

About 70 percent of Yemen's food imports entered through Hodeidah ports that are under the control of the Iran-backed Houthi militias, which claim that these ports are besieged. Several international reports showed that imports through ports under the legitimate government's control dropped 53 percent from the same period last year,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 26, 2022

Humanitarian Disaster Imminent in NW. Syria if Int’l Aid Stops

The Directorate of Health in Idlib and other opposition-held Syrian region warned on Saturday that the failure to renew a United Nations resolution that allows the continued provision of humanitarian and medical assistance from Türkiye into northwest Syria will lead to a humanitarian disaster. Local and international humanitarian organizations called…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 25, 2022

58 Rohingya Muslims Land on Beach in Indonesia’s Aceh

Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday after weeks at sea, officials said. The group of 58 men arrived on Indrapatra beach at Ladong, a fishing village in Aceh Besar district, early Sunday, said local police chief…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 25, 2022

58 Rohingya Muslims land on beach in Indonesia's Aceh

Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya Muslims have been found on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh after weeks at sea

The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2022

Archbishop of Canterbury pays tribute to Queen’s example in Christmas message

Justin Welby also spoke of the plight of people in South Sudan, Ukraine and those facing cost-of-living pressures.

The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2022

Church leaders urge Christmas hope

Amid the crises of war, natural disasters and soaring living costs, Australians have been told to look on Christmas as a time for hope.

AAP · Dec 24, 2022

Hunger, disease explode in Africa and are likely to get worse

Climate-driven weather disasters across a dozen African countries are threatening the physical and mental development of an entire generation, and their plight is expected to get even worse next year, the head of the WHO Foundation warned.

Tribune News Service · Dec 24, 2022

'I was back at the food bank the day after mum died... it's what she would've wanted'

Ameera runs Heaven's Angels, a food bank with a difference

Manchester Evening News · Dec 24, 2022