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Sudan’s warring sides target local aid volunteers fighting famine

CAIRO/DUBAI: Local volunteers who have helped to feed Sudan's most destitute during 17 months of war say attacks against them by the opposing sides...

UN experts say famine has spread throughout Gaza

The recent deaths of several more children from malnutrition in the Gaza Strip indicate that famine has spread throughout the enclave, a group of...

Haiti gang wars push hunger to worst levels on record

Almost half of Haiti's people are struggling to feed themselves as gang violence spreads across the country, with several areas close to famine, international...

Famine: UNICEF warns of catastrophic loss of lives in Sudan

The UN children's agency warned on Friday of a potential catastrophic loss of lives in Sudan as the civil war worsens hunger and called...

Children dying in Somalia as food catastrophe worsens

More than 200,000 Somalis are suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger, with that number set to rise to over 700,000...

Half a million Somali children face hunger in world’s worst famine

More than 500,000 Somali children under five are expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition and risk death from famine this year, a number unseen...

As hunger bites in Somalia, babies start to die

Hacked-off thorn branches encircle two mounds of earth heaped over the tiny bodies of Halima Hassan Abdullahi's twin granddaughters. Babies Ebla and Abdia lived...

Yemeni boy, ravaged by hunger, weighs 7 kg

Faid weighs only 7 kg (just over 15 lb) and his tiny, fragile frame takes up barely a quarter of a folded hospital blanket.

UN chief says Yemen in imminent danger of famine

Aid workers have raised fears that if Washington designates the Houthis a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), it could prevent life-saving aid reaching the country

Saudi Arabia deposits $200 mn to shore up Yemen riyal

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is to deposit $200 million in the Yemeni central bank to help stem a slide in the value of the riyal...

Famine survey warns of thousands dying daily in Yemen if ports stay closed

GENEVA:  A U.S.-funded famine survey said on Tuesday that thousands of Yemenis could die daily if a Saudi-led military coalition does not lift its...

Countries pledge $1.1bn to avert Yemen famine

GENEVA: Countries around the world on Tuesday pledged more than one billion dollars to help prevent a looming famine in war-torn Yemen at a...

Mideast conflicts leave millions unsure of next meal: UN

CAIRO: The devastating conflicts gripping the Middle East and North Africa have left 30 million people unsure of their next meal, the UN Food...

Yemeni women rally against war outside UN offices

SANAA: Dozens of women staged a sit-in outside UN offices in Yemen's capital Tuesday demanding an end to the country's war that has left...

1.4 million children face famine in four countries: UNICEF

UNITED NATIONS: Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the...

Another minor dies in Tharparkar – death toll reaches 30

MITHI: A minor girl died in Tharparkar due to famine and outbreak of water-borne diseases in the district, talking total number of deaths in last two weeks to 30, ARY News reported.

Sindh govt forms committee to probe Thar crisis

KARACHI: Following scores of deaths in drought-stricken Tharparkar and miseries of denizens in its wake, the Sindh government has finally constituted a seven-member parliamentary committee to probe the Thar crisis, ARY News reported.

Four more perish in drought-hit Tharparkar

THARPARKAR: Four more children died on Sunday due to malnutrition in Tharparkar, arid region of Sindh, in the wake of drought-like situation, ARY News reported.

Siraj urges govt to rid country of economic terrorism

BADIN: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Siraj-ul-Haq said that the government should rid the country of economic terrorism instead of forming military courts, ARY News reports.

Thar cries for help after 9 deaths in a day

MITHI: In what is being seen as an appalling day for its denizens, a drought-stricken Tharparkar saw nine deaths of children in a day due to famine-like situation, ARY News reported.
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