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FAMINE

A displaced Palestinian woman washes clothes on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City on July 14.
WORLD / Society
Jul 22, 2026
In Gaza, a mother¡¯s hunt for water lays bare a worsening health crisis
Gaza is facing an unprecedented collapse of its water and sanitation systems, warn aid agencies, U.N. officials and Palestinian ?health authorities.
Farmers clean vegetables in South Omdurman, Sudan, on May, 21.
WORLD
May 26, 2026
51³Ô¹ÏÍø poses new threat to harvests in hunger-stricken Sudan
Sudan is particularly vulnerable to the fallout from the Iran crisis as it relies on the Persian Gulf for more than half of its fertilizer needs, according to U.N. ?data.
Since April 2023, the conflict between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands, displaced 11 million and triggered what the United Nations calls one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
WORLD
Feb 6, 2026
Famine spreading in Sudan¡¯s Darfur, U.N.-backed experts warn
A grinding war between the army and paramilitary forces has left millions hungry, displaced and cut off from aid.
A displaced Palestinian woman shows her torn tent, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2025
Gaza not getting enough tents and food as winter approaches
Aid agencies say supplies are still far short nearly four weeks into a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Displaced Sudanese who fled El-Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces rest in the camp of Um Yanqur, on the southwestern edge of Tawila, in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on Monday.
WORLD
Nov 4, 2025
Hunger monitor confirms famine in Darfur¡¯s al-Fashir and one other city
The finding is the first time the U.N.-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has determined that the cities are in famine.
Palestinian children receive food from a charity kitchen in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 9, 2025
Nearly one in six children in Gaza acutely malnourished, study shows
Researchers estimate around 55,000 children in Gaza are affected.
U.S. deputy Middle East envoy Morgan Ortagus raises her hand to veto a draft resolution during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Gaza Strip, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2025
U.S. vetoes U.N. demand for ceasefire and aid access in Gaza
The U.N. resolution would also have demanded the immediate, dignified and unconditional release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups.
Smoke and flames rise as an Israeli airstrike hits a house in Gaza City on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 8, 2025
U.N. says time is short to stop famine spreading as Israel bombards Gaza City
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are said to be already experiencing or at risk of famine in areas including Gaza City, where Israel launched a new offensive against Hamas.
A malnourished Palestinian child gets a checkup at a medical point run by a local nongovernmental organization affiliated with the primary health care of the Palestinian health ministry in al-Mawasi, in the southern Gaza Strip district of Khan Younis, on Aug. 13.
WORLD
Aug 28, 2025
Starving Gaza children too weak to cry, Save the Children head says
The United Nations officially declared famine in the Gaza Strip on Friday, blaming what it called Israel¡¯s systematic obstruction of aid during more than 22 months of war.
Palestinian women and girls elbow their way to receive cooked rice from charity kitchen in Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
WORLD
Aug 24, 2025
¡®Far too late¡¯: Palestinians despair after U.N. declares famine in Gaza
The U.N. officially declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming the ¡°systematic obstruction¡± of aid by Israel during more than 22 months of war.
A boy walks with a canister as Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive take shelter in tents in Gaza City on Friday.
WORLD
Aug 22, 2025
U.N. declares famine in Gaza, placing blame on Israel
Israel denied there was a famine, saying the report was ¡°based on Hamas lies laundered through organizations with vested interests.¡±
Aid workers move bags of yellow lentils at an aid operation in Mekele, Ethiopia.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2025
U.S. court lets Trump block billions of dollars in foreign aid
The ruling is a big win for Trump¡¯s efforts to dissolve USAID and withhold funding from programs that have fallen out of favor with his administration.
Palestinians wait to collect food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Aug. 4.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025
Palestinian mother ¡®destroyed¡¯ after image used to deny Gaza starvation
For Faiza Najjar, the fact that her family¡¯s reunion got caught up in a misinformation campaign was devastating.
A protest in solidarity with children in Gaza in Berlin
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 9, 2025
As Gaza faces starvation, reluctant Germany starts to curb support for Israel
The shift reflects how Germany¡¯s support for Israel, rooted in its historical guilt over the Nazi Holocaust, is being tested like never before.
Palestinians sit on a hill looking out over the Mediterranean Sea and a camp for displaced people in Gaza City on June 2.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2025
¡®How much worse could it get?¡¯ Gazans fear full Israeli occupation
Fear and despair have spread in the enclave amid rumors that Israel might decide on a full occupation of Gaza.
A displaced Sudanese mother and one of her children sit inside a camp shelter in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, on July 30.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 6, 2025
Funding cuts reducing Sudanese children to ¡®skin, bones¡¯: UNICEF
Children were being cut off from life-saving services due to funding cuts, while the scale of need is staggering, UNICEF said.
Pallets are prepared on a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-130J Hercules transport aircraft before airdropping aid over the Gaza Strip, at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2025
Canada airdrops aid into Gaza and again accuses Israel of violating international law
Canada said last week it plans to recognize the a Palestinian state at a meeting of the United Nations in September, ratcheting up pressure on Israel as starvation spreads in Gaza.
Palestinians hold out pots and pans to collect free food from a charity kitchen in Gaza, the Gaza Strip, on Monday.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2025
More Gazans die seeking aid and from hunger, with burial shrouds in short supply
The United Nations says more than 1,000 people have been killed trying to receive aid in the enclave since the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operating in May 2025.
Palestinians leave a food distribution point run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) group with bags and wooden pallets, near the Netsarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday. Aid agencies have warned that Gaza's population is facing a catastrophic famine, triggered by Israeli restrictions on aid.
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 4, 2025
Chaos, gangs, gunfire: Gaza aid fails to reach most in need
After images of malnourished children drew international outcry, aid has started to be delivered to the territory again, but international organizations say it¡¯s not enough.
Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity distribution point in Gaza City on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2025
Israel eases Gaza aid curbs, hoping to defuse hunger outcry
As the aid curbs were rolled back, Israel said it had not abandoned its goals of destroying Hamas.

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