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Aid groups report looting amid threat of mass starvation in Gaza

Witnesses and aid groups in Gaza have reported a surge in looting in the enclave, while human rights groups warn against the use of starvation as a 'weapon of war'.

Sudan

Civilians to suffer even more in Sudan next year as civil war rages on

After 20 months of civil war, Sudan is suffering the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Things are going to get much worse for civilians, experts say.

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Sudan faces severe food crisis

The World Food Programme (WFP) is stepping up its efforts to deliver aid to conflict-affected areas in Sudan. More than 700 trucks of food are on their way to help millions of people at serious risk of starvation.

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Famine reaches critical levels in Gaza

In the Gaza Strip, more than 1.8 million people, or 86% of the population, are facing critical famine.

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World News

We are far from achieving goal to eliminate hunger by 2030, UN warns

One in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa faced hunger in 2023 due to conflicts, climate change and economic downturns, according to the UN.

Israel

Israel steps up its offensive in Gaza amid ongoing ceasefire efforts

Doctors Without Borders says at least 70 bodies and 300 wounded people, mostly women and children, have been brought to a hospital in central Gaza since Tuesday.

Gaza

Famine possibly gripping north Gaza: report

Famine exists when 20% of households are essentially starving; at least 30% of children suffer wasting; and two adults or four children per every 10,000 people are dying daily of hunger and its complications.

Gaza

UN calls for €2.6 billion in funding for desperate Gaza famine effort

Northern Gaza in particular is rapidly sinking into humanitarian disaster after months of military onslaught and choked aid supplies.

Gaza

WFP said 70 percent of the population is facing 'catastrophic hunger'

As the war in Gaza enters a sixth month, the WFP said malnutrition among children is spreading at record pace, and one of three below the age of two is now acutely malnourished.

Sudan

WFO: Sudan's war risks creating 'world's largest hunger crisis'

Fighting between the country's military and paramilitary groups has the potential to trigger a devastating famine.

Gaza

Condemnation pours in for Israel's attack on aid convoy

All the latest developments from the Israel Hamas war.

Gaza

Last UNRWA food convoy into northern Gaza was over a month ago: Agency

One in six children in northern Gaza is "severely malnourished", the UN agency highlighted.

Israel

Starvation fears as food deliveries into north Gaza halted

“The situation is beyond your imagination,” said Soad Abu Hussein, a widow and mother of five children sheltering in a school in Jabaliya refugee camp.

Gaza

'Pushed to the brink of starvation': WFP says Gaza needs more food aid

The World Food Programme's Deputy Director Carl Skau tells Euronews in Rome that situation in Gaza is "really really desperate, really dire."

United Kingdom

UK's Rishi Sunak urges world to use AI and science to end malnutrition

Sunak was joined by ministers, diplomats and philanthropists from about 20 countries at a one-day Global Food Security Summit in London, where he urged world leaders to harness artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technology to end malnutrition around the globe.

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Euroviews. The EPP Group is wrong to spurn the EU's nature restoration law

It’s time politicians abandon these cynical games and tackle the challenges we are facing seriously, Olivier De Schutter and Emile Frison write.

Ukraine

World hunger worsens in 2022 due to Ukraine war - UN

The overall picture of global hunger is worsening, with economic shocks and conflict exacerbating each other

World News

Euroviews. Food banks are crucial to disaster relief. There is no debate about it

With greater awareness and support, community-based food banks can be better prepared before crises strike and support communities long after emergency responders have moved on, Lisa Moon writes.

World News

EU Parliament recognises Holodomor as genocide against Ukrainians

By a vote of 507 votes for, to 12 against, MEPs have recognised the event as a genocide against the Ukrainian people.

Germany

Germany's parliament recognises Ukraine's 1930s famine as 'genocide'

“With our proposal, we are confronting the brutal truth of Stalinist violence", said the Chairman of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Group.