NGO ActionAid and locals say cost of some items has risen between 18% and 160% as conflict blocks aid and supplies.
By 2029 the programme hopes to reach 82.9 million people in efforts to counter malnutrition.
IPC report outlines famine in five areas, including in Sudan’s largest displacement camp, Zamzam, in North Darfur.
Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine overshadow the gathering of the world’s largest economies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Almost 7.7 million people will be classified as acutely food insecure in the country as it grapples with floods and war.
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The US decision not to follow through on its past warning to Israel carries fatal consequences for many trapped in Gaza.
The 30 days that the US gave Israel to get more aid into its north Gaza siege zone have now expired.
‘Hunger hotspots’ include South Sudan, Mali and Haiti where millions are being pushed to the brink, new report says.
More than 27 million lives affected by worst drought in a century, with 21 million children malnourished, says WFP.
Boys and girls driven by hunger into gangs face abuse and forced into criminal activities, Human Rights Watch warns.
Wednesday’s polls are expected to usher a younger president into power for the first time since independence in 1975.
Conservationists urge the protection of wildlife, but in absence of food, many communities say they are forced to hunt.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification says gang wars and inflation are chief drivers of the crisis.
A Palestinian doctor tries to save severely malnourished children amid Israel’s US-backed illegal siege on Gaza.
