Famine looms in Somalia, but many ‘hunger hotspots’ are in deep trouble

The number of people facing life-threatening levels of hunger worldwide without immediate humanitarian aid, is expected to rise steeply in coming weeks, the UN said on Wednesday, in a new alert about looming famine in the Horn of Africa and beyond.

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World News in Brief: Looming famine threat for Sudan, 3.3 million in need near Ukraine frontline, there’s a place for all in outer space

12 Apr 2024

UN humanitarians in Sudan issued a fresh alert on Friday about pervasive food insecurity and looming famine.

Horn of Africa hunger emergency: ‘129,000 looking death in the eyes’

10 Mar 2023

Life-threatening hunger caused by climate shocks, violent insecurity and disease in the Horn of Africa, have left nearly 130,000 people “looking death in the eyes” and nearly 50 million facing crisis levels of food insecurity, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

Governments urged to strengthen child social protection

01 Mar 2023

The number of children worldwide without access to social protection continues to rise, putting them at risk of poverty, hunger and discrimination, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report published on Wednesday.