Tag: starvation
Malians starving as conflict escalates
Thousands of people who fled fighting in Mali since September are going hungry because funding has run out as the conflict escalates,...
Vulnerable people “a step away from starvation” in Lake Chad Basin
Scaling up of international assistance to the Lake Chad Basin this year has averted a famine in north-east Nigeria, even though millions...
Millions across Africa and in Yemen at risk of death from...
Warning of increasing risk of mass deaths from starvation in many countries in Africa and in Yemen due to worsening drought and...
US warns South Sudan against “starvation tactics”
The United States warned South Sudan's government on Thursday that preventing humanitarian aid workers from reaching parts of the war-torn state suffering...
Four months before starvation crisis point hits in Yemen and Somalia
The world has got just three to four months to save millions of people in Yemen and Somalia from starvation, as drought...
UNICEF says 75,000 children could die in Nigeria hunger crisis
Famine-like conditions in the former stronghold of Boko Haram militants in north-east Nigeria could kill 75,000 children over the next year if...
Insight: Starvation in Syria: a war tactic
One Syrian security official called it the "Starvation Until Submission Campaign", blocking food and medicine from entering and people from leaving besieged...
Horn of Africa crisis may last into summer: EU
The crisis in Horn of Africa which has left more than 13 million people at risk of starvation will continue into the...
