Famine Archives

The war in Sudan has pushed parts the country into famine, even before the cuts in US aid

Business

Tens of thousands go hungry in Sudan after Trump aid freeze

For the first time in nearly two years of war, soup kitchens in famine-stricken Sudan are being forced to turn people away, with US...

AFPFebruary 12, 2025

World

Sudan government rejects UN-backed famine declaration

The Sudanese government strongly rejected on Sunday a report backed by the United Nations which determined that famine had spread to five areas of...

AFPDecember 29, 2024

In Sudan, one in every five people has been displaced by conflict, according to UN figures.

World

Aid only ‘delaying deaths’ as Sudan counts down to famine: agency chief

War-torn Sudan is on a “countdown to famine” ignored by world leaders while humanitarian aid is only “delaying deaths”, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) chief...

AFPNovember 23, 2024

'People in Gaza are starving to death (due to) man-made hunger,' says the WFP

World

Famine imminent in north Gaza, ‘unprecedented’ crisis: UN

Half of Gazans are experiencing “catastrophic” hunger, with famine projected to hit the north of the territory by May without urgent intervention, a United...

AFPMarch 18, 2024

The war has since April last year killed tens of thousands, destroyed infrastructure and crippled the economy

World

UN demands unimpeded aid access to Sudan as famine looms

The United Nations called Friday for Sudan’s warring factions to provide unimpeded access for desperately needed aid as the spectre of famine looms after...

AFPMarch 15, 2024

Muslims wait to break their daytime fast in the army-controlled Sudanese city of Gedaref

World

Famine stalks Sudan in second Ramadan plagued by war

Sudan this week entered its second straight Ramadan in the throes of a deadly war that has left much of the country gripped by...

AFPMarch 13, 2024

One of the victims of a Gaza crowd that surged on humanitarian aid trucks. The UN says that famine is now almost inevitable

World

Gaza famine ‘almost inevitable’: UN

Famine in the Gaza Strip is almost inevitable unless the Israel-Hamas war changes, the United Nations said Friday. The UN and other humanitarian actors...

AFPMarch 1, 2024

Nearly five months after the start of the war, Gazans are despairing at the little humanitarian aid entering the coastal territory

World

Criteria UN will use to declare expected ‘famine’ in Gaza

The UN, which has warned of “almost inevitable” widespread starvation in northern Gaza, uses strict criteria to declare a famine. In the Jabalia refugee...

AFPFebruary 29, 2024