Gaza: Underweight babies, heavy fighting and a hospital reopening

Amid some of the fiercest reported fighting in Gaza yet, UN humanitarians on Wednesday repeated warnings that famine is still an imminent threat because of aid restrictions and a lack of safe access. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/05/1149756
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Gaza: Underweight babies, heavy fighting and a hospital reopening
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Gaza: Worst famine fears realised as 10th child reportedly ‘starves to death’

Gaza: Worst famine fears realised as 10th child reportedly ‘starves to death’

01 Mar 2024

Repeated warnings from humanitarians over desperate food insecurity and imminent famine in Gaza came into focus on Friday amid reports from the enclave’s authorities that a tenth child had died from malnutrition and dehydration.

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Sudan: as millions face famine, humanitarians plead for aid access

Sudan: as millions face famine, humanitarians plead for aid access

31 May 2024

Famine in Sudan is “imminent” if aid agencies continue to be prevented from providing relief, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.

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Tigray: Aid operations ‘about to grind to a halt’, warns WFP

14 Jan 2022

Aid and food distribution operations in northern Ethiopia are about “to grind to a halt” amid ongoing fighting, bloodshed and a lack of funding that is making humanitarian access impossible, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Friday.