famine
North Korea’s food shortage is about to take a deadly turn for the worse, experts say
World
March 4, 2023
North Korea’s food shortage is about to take a deadly turn for the worse, experts say
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Concerns about North Korea’s chronic food shortages are growing, with multiple sources suggesting this week…
Top UN female envoys meet Taliban in Kabul to discuss ban on women aid workers
Middle East
January 19, 2023
Top UN female envoys meet Taliban in Kabul to discuss ban on women aid workers
CNN — Some of the United Nations’ most senior female officials have been meeting Taliban leaders in Kabul to discuss the ban on…
Bombs in Yemen have stopped but children are still denied life-saving treatment
Middle East
August 6, 2022
Bombs in Yemen have stopped but children are still denied life-saving treatment
London (CNN) – Yemen’s warring parties have renewed a two-month-long truce, first signed in April this year. It was one…
Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight
Middle East
April 4, 2022
Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight
Millions more Sudanese are set to go hungry this year as economic turmoil and erratic rains drive up prices and…
UN shrinks Yemen food rations in “desperate measures”
Middle East
December 22, 2021
UN shrinks Yemen food rations in “desperate measures”
Dec 22 (Reuters) – The World Food Program (WFP) said on Wednesday it will reduce food rations for 8 million…
UN: In war, 16 million Yemenis ‘marching’ toward starvation
Middle East
September 23, 2021
UN: In war, 16 million Yemenis ‘marching’ toward starvation
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. food agency is warning that 16 million people in Yemen “are…
‘I just cry’: Dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray
World
September 20, 2021
‘I just cry’: Dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, people now eat only green leaves for days. At a…
‘Saudi Arabia has lost the war in Yemen’
Middle East
March 26, 2021
‘Saudi Arabia has lost the war in Yemen’
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had hoped to quickly crush Houthi rebels with Saudi Arabia’s intervention in the conflict in Yemen.…
War in Yemen is ‘back in full force,’ says UN mediator
Middle East
March 17, 2021
War in Yemen is ‘back in full force,’ says UN mediator
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The war in Yemen is “back in full force,” the United Nations mediator told the Security…
UN chief: Appeal for Yemen raises ‘disappointing’ $1.7B
Middle East
March 2, 2021
UN chief: Appeal for Yemen raises ‘disappointing’ $1.7B
CAIRO (AP) — A United Nations appeal for aid to Yemen to alleviate the world’s worst humanitarian disaster raised some…