famine
The Biden administration is scrambling to finalize essential components of its plan to install a floating pier off the Gaza coast for processing food deliveries and other desperately needed humanitarian aid, as famine looms and some U.S. officials doubt whether the military operation is even necessary.
Ever since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israelis, followed by Israel’s retaliatory military campaign in Gaza, the Biden administration has said humanitarian assistance in Gaza is a key pillar of its approach to the crisis. But that part of the U.S. strategy now seems to be failing, as Israel’s indiscriminate attacks and barriers […]
Famine is already probably present in at least some areas of northern Gaza, while other areas are in danger of falling into conditions of starvation, the US state department said on Friday a day after the world’s top court ordered Israel to admit food aid into the territory. “While we can say with confidence that […]
CNN — Tyler Anbinder didn’t know what he’d find when he started digging into a vast trove of records that had been locked inside a bank — and inaccessible to the public — for nearly 150 years. One detail immediately caught the historian’s attention: The accounts described in the bank’s legers had much more money in them than […]
Former hostages, families and supporters march to demand more releases Former hostages were joined by families of those who remain in Hamas’ captivity as they began a four-day march from southern Israel to Jerusalem today. Setting out from kibbutz Re’im, they demanded their loved ones be set free. German frigate shoots down drones in the […]
Conflict, economic shocks, climate change and soaring prices for food and fertilizer are all combining in a perfect storm to create a hunger crisis of unprecedented proportions. Right now, in some of the hungriest places around the world, there just isn’t enough food to feed the population. Does that mean there is a global food […]
Kyiv, Ukraine, September 13, 2023 — The food security picture heading into 2024 looks especially ominous, making it harder to avoid the rising threat of famine and significant number of deaths from hunger and malnutrition next year. The Russian withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a critical component in alleviating pressure on global food […]
Council Concludes Dialogue on Adequate Housing and the Climate Crisis The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food on his report on conflict and the right to food. The Council also concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The first U.S. Cabinet member to visit Somalia since 2015 urged the world’s distracted donors Sunday to give immediate help to a country facing deadly famine, which she calls “the ultimate failure of the international community.” The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, heard perhaps the starkest warning yet about […]
Mariam Kasim sits with her grandson, who she says is suffering from measles and malnutrition, at a camp on the outskirts of Baidoa, Somalia, on Tuesday. Luke Dray for NPR hide caption toggle caption Luke Dray for NPR Mariam Kasim sits with her grandson, who she says is suffering from measles and malnutrition, at a […]