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Yemen's Huthi Rebels Detain At Least 11 UN Staff: Envoy

The United Nations said Yemen's Huthis detained at least 11 workers on Sunday in raids on UN premises, which came after rebel authorities had made numerous arrests following Israel's killing of their prime minister.

International Business Times · Aug 31, 2025

'We must demand urgent action': Billie Piper raises plight of Palestinian children in Instagram post

‘Palestinian children in are barely surviving through unimaginable days and long nights of bombardment, starvation and fear’ - Billie Piper

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2025

Billie Piper urges people to demand ‘action’ for Palestinian children

The World Food Programme has confirmed a famine in Gaza which the UN has described as being caused by a ‘systemic obstruction by Israel’.

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2025

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Takeaways from AP's reporting on Venezuelans' daily struggles to access food

Venezuelans are facing severe food insecurity amid a prolonged crisis

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

For many families, every meal is a struggle in Venezuela's economic crisis

Millions of Venezuelans are struggling to buy food as the economy unravels

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

Aid To Famine-struck Gaza Still 'Drop In The Ocean': WFP

The World Food Programme warned Tuesday that the aid Israel is allowing to enter Gaza remains a "drop in the ocean", days after famine was formally declared in the war-torn Palestinian territory.

International Business Times · Aug 26, 2025

Refugees in Cameroon face hunger as UN runs out of emergency food funds

The United Nations has warned it will have to suspend life-saving humanitarian aid for half a million refugees and vulnerable people in Cameroon at the end of August unless it receives new emergency funding.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 22, 2025

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Drone attack destroys UN aid convoy in Sudan’s famine-hit Darfur region

The attack is the second in the past three months to prevent a UN aid convoy from delivering to North Dafur.

Al Jazeera · Aug 22, 2025

Israel pounds Gaza, killing 81, as it begins assault to seize Gaza City

Attacks come as Israeli-induced famine grips the besieged Strip amid calls for Israel to accept a mediated truce.

Al Jazeera · Aug 20, 2025

‘No more food’: In northern Nigeria, US funding cuts bite for aid groups

Organisations like the World Food Programme are scaling back aid or completely halting operations.

Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2025

Desperate Myanmar Villagers Scavenge For Food As Hunger Bites

People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge.

International Business Times · Aug 15, 2025

Refugees in Kenya impacted by food aid cuts; WFP rolls out new system

The WFP says aid is being cut by 60 percent for the most vulnerable groups including pregnant women and disabled people.

Al Jazeera · Aug 11, 2025

Palestinian boy killed in Gaza aid drop as starvation toll rises to 217

Falling aid pallet crushes 15-year-old Muhannad Zakaria Eid, as more Palestinians, including children, starve to death.

Al Jazeera · Aug 9, 2025

Starvation spreads from camps to besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher

Months after famine was declared in nearby displacement camps, the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher is now seeing starvation deaths of its own, with no food aid entering and the UN’s World Food Programme warning of worsening conditions for the 300,000 people still trapped inside.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 9, 2025

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Al Jazeera · Aug 5, 2025

Thousands in Sudan’s besieged el-Fasher at ‘risk of starvation’, UN warns

North Darfur’s capital has been under RSF siege for more than a year with key roads blocked and supplies running out.

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2025

Afghanistan has its 'sharpest surge' ever of child malnutrition, UN agency says

The World Food Program says Afghanistan is having its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition

Radio France Internationale · Aug 2, 2025

Defining famine: the complex process behind Gaza's hunger crisis

Despite mounting international concern over widespread hunger in Gaza, no official famine has been declared in the territory – highlighting the complexities of determining a country's famine status.

Euronews · Aug 1, 2025

Germany's FM says Berlin has responsibility to prevent Israel's international isolation

Germany, traditionally a staunch ally of Israel, has been increasingly critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza. But while it has insisted that Israel must do more to increase aid supplies, Wadephul addressed his appeal to end the war primarily to Hamas.

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2025

Children and elderly people most vulnerable as Gaza famine deepens, warn experts

Aid agencies, governments and UN’s food security monitor report evidence of worsening starvation, particularly among under-fives

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025

UK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel holds to a ceasefire

Cabinet agrees to support Middle East roadmap at emergency meeting called amid humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Radio France Internationale · Jul 29, 2025

Protests erupt at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya following aid cuts

Violent protests broke out at one of Kenya's largest refugee camps on Monday, humanitarian sources said, with unconfirmed reports of at least one death, following months of increased tensions over aid cuts.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025

Famine under way in Gaza, UN-backed experts say, as war death toll passes 60,000

IPC says ‘worst-case scenario of famine’ is playing out as it calls for urgent ceasefire to alleviate ‘widespread starvation’

Al Jazeera · Jul 26, 2025

Malnutrition in Nigeria killed 652 children in past six months, MSF says

The charity says the deaths were caused due to funding cuts by international donors amid insecurity in northern Nigeria.

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025

Nigeria faces hunger crisis as food needs rise across west and central Africa, UN says

The U.N. food agency’s regional head says Nigeria is facing “an unprecedented hunger crisis,” and the need for food is rising across west and central Africa while funds are shrinking

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2025

Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story

Hundreds of people have died while seeking food since delivery was taken over by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in May. But Palestinians facing extreme hunger have no choice but to take the risk

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