UN Warns 345 Million People Face Starvation Worldwide | Farsnews Agency

The United Nations food chief warned the world is facing “a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude” with up to 345 million people marching towards starvation – and 70 million pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine.

World hunger rising as UN agencies warn of ‘looming catastrophe’ | Al Jazeera

World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Ukraine war coupled with climate change now threaten starvation and mass migration on an “unprecedented scale” this year, according to UN agencies.

20 Million Risk Starvation As Horn Of Africa Drought Worsens: UN - UrduPoint

Twenty million people are at risk of starvation this year as delayed rains worsen an already brutal drought in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, the UN warned Tuesday.

As Kim Jong-un marks 10 years of rule, North Korean defectors are left with little hope

 

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Millions in Nigeria face hunger amid pandemic and unrest | DW News

 

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UN Warns over 30 Million People 'One Step Away from Starvation' - FARS | EL KAOS UT

(FNA)- Acute hunger is likely to soar in more than 20 countries in the next few months, the UN warned.

North Korea border shutdown raises food security concerns at U.N. - UPI.com | EL ETOS UT

North Korea's closure of its borders at the start of the coronavirus pandemic has had an adverse impact on the food supply, U.N. agencies say.

Saudi Arabia Still Blocking Aid to Yemen despite Pledge to Lift Siege

Aid agencies said Saudi Arabia had not fulfilled its promise to reopen humanitarian aid corridors into northern Yemen on Thursday, leaving the main aid lifeline closed for tens of thousands of starving people.

Red Cross Warns on Mass Hunger in Yemen, Somalia

The world has got just three to four months to save millions of people in Yemen and Somalia from starvation, as drought and war wreck crops and block aid across the region, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday.

UN chief warns Syrian starvation a war crime

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the use of starvation as a weapon in Syria amounts to a war crime after the second international convoy arrived to the famine-struck town of Madaya to deliver humanitarian aid.