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How conflict, climate shocks and collapsing aid budgets are pushing millions to the brink of starvation

  • Global hunger has reached an unprecedented tipping point, as rates of acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for the sixth consecutive year
  • Nearly 60 percent of chronically hungry people are women and girls, reflecting a stark reflection of systemic gender inequality
By JUMANA KHAMIS  ·

UN food, refugee agencies plan deep cuts as funding slashed, memos show

By Reuters ·

UN agency says has ‘two weeks’ left of food supplies in Gaza

By AFP ·

Funding shortages may halt global child malnutrition programs, WFP warns

By Reuters ·
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How doctors in diaspora are helping resuscitate Syria’s broken health system

By ANAN TELLO ·

UN food agency says it has 2 weeks’ worth of supplies in Gaza

By AP ·

Drought hits food access for 26 million in southern Africa: UN

By AFP ·

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‘World has never seen such a rapid increase in hunger,’ WFP regional director Corinne Fleischer tells Arab News

By Nadia Al-Faour ·

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