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Gaza marks start of Eid with outdoor prayers amongst rubble with food...
After blocking all food and aid from entering Gaza for more than two months, Israel began allowing a trickle of supplies to enter for the UN several...
UN: Food has run out for nearly 100,000 refugees in Ethiopia
1 Dec 2020 7:17 PM ISTThe United Nations says food has now run out for the nearly 100,000 refugees from Eritrea who have been sheltering in camps in Ethiopia's northern...
''Mom, we need food'': Thousands in South Sudan near famine
24 Dec 2020 2:00 PM ISTAfter nearly a week of hiding from conflict, Kallayn Keneng watched two of her young children die. “They cried and cried and said, ''Mom, we need...
Holistic health concerns amid potential food crisis
22 Jan 2021 1:54 AM ISTCurbing meat consumption is essential in the fight against climate change. But it is a more complicated story in countries that face spiralling food...
Averting a food crisis without foreign aid
12 Nov 2021 11:55 PM ISTAccording to the FAO and WFP, 23 million Afghans — including 3.2 million children under the age of 5 — are currently suffering from hunger. They...
35.8 million face lean season food crisis in West Africa and Sahel
7 Dec 2021 10:14 PM ISTGrowing food insecurity that is already affecting tens of millions of people across West Africa and the Sahel, must not be ignored by the...
Russia slams sanctions, seeks to blame West for food crisis
27 May 2022 12:29 PM ISTUkraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil, but the war and a Russian blockade of its ports have halted much of...
Lankan PM says steps will be taken to mitigate food crisis in country
19 Jun 2022 3:23 PM ISTHe ordered the formation of a committee under Parliamentarian Nimal Lansa to look into the mitigation measures and demanded the strategy preparation...