The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Free school meals plea for every child living in poverty

Special investigation: Move would benefit Britain by £2.5billion over 20 years

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2022

The Leader podcast: Scale of hunger crisis facing London families revealed

Stolen food and empty lunchboxes as children go hungry - ES investigation

Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2022

In Haiti, factories close, school feedings are on hold and hunger is about to get worse

The armed men arrived at the two-story factory in Haiti’s rural Artibonite Valley, wielding AK-47s, followed by a hungry mob of hundreds.

Miami Herald · Oct 10, 2022

UN secretary-general proposes rapid-response troops to help Haiti regain control from gangs

The head of the United Nations threw his weight Sunday behind Haiti’s request for the immediate deployment of military troops to help the country take back control of its ports from powerful gangs and provide aid as Haitians confront a deadly cholera outbreak.

Miami Herald · Oct 10, 2022

Food insecurity haunts Brazil’s election race as hungry voters head to the polls

A massive number of Brazilians are experiencing worsening hunger, as citizens head to the polls to decide whether to re-elect President Jair Bolsonaro for another term

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022

Prolonged drought brings famine, death and fear to Somalia

Somalis say the current drought is worse than any they can remember, with thousands of people dying and a rare famine declaration possible as soon as this month.

ABC News · Oct 8, 2022

Postponement of Tigray peace talks latest blow in Ethiopia’s hidden war

Airstrikes, malnutrition and disease have claimed thousands of lives in one of the most deadly but least reported conflicts in the world

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022

US considering request for international intervention in Haiti as fuel crisis spirals

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is considering calls for the creation of a humanitarian corridor in Haiti to break the blockade of fuel by armed gangs and protect the delivery of aid as the country faces one of its worst health, energy and security crises in a generation.

Miami Herald · Oct 8, 2022

Irish village at Baker's Flat was a place of sweat and survival for those fleeing the Great Famine

In a field north of Adelaide, buried beneath the soil, is a portal not only into Australia's colonial history but into Ireland's past.

ABC News · Oct 7, 2022

Ethiopia rights probe extended after close vote at U.N. body

Countries voted on Friday to extend a U.N.-mandated monitoring mission for a war in Ethiopia where investigators have found "reasonable grounds to believe" that parties to the conflict have committed serious rights violations, including war crimes.

Reuters · Oct 7, 2022