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The charts that show the havoc El Nino is set to wreak across the world

IN FOCUS: The unprecedented event is predicted to reach tens of millions of people around the globe, as well as hitting food prices in the UK. MPs from across parliament are calling on the government to rethink Britain’s substantial aid cuts to Africa to Asia given the scale of the…

The Independent UK

WFP will halve West Bank food assistance as it faces possible new cuts in Gaza

The United Nations' food agency is halving food assistance in the Israeli-occupied West Bank due to severe funding shortages

The Independent UK

Six million Somalis face acute hunger as drought and conflict worsen

Six million people in Somalia are facing acute hunger, with nearly two million children at emergency levels, as severe drought, conflict and falling humanitarian funding deepen what the UN describes as one of the world’s worst malnutrition crises. Medical charity MSF tells RFI it's sounding the alarm "before it's too…

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Somalia faces another hunger crisis and the UN food agency head says it has far less funds to help

Six million people are facing acute food insecurity in Somalia while the World Food Program only has a tenth of the resources to help than it did during the country's last hunger crisis

The Independent UK

UN retrains aid workers to handle suicide calls as hunger pushes Afghans to breaking point

FIVE YEARS OF THE TALIBAN: Five years after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, aid agencies diminished by funding cuts say the country is on the brink of famine. Arpan Rai reports

The Independent UK

Rep John Larson Primary Election Loss Leaves Door Open To Third-Party November Run

Rep John Larson could still run in November after his primary election defeat, with the Working Families Party offering a separate Connecticut ballot line.

International Business Times UK

Exclusive: WFP to extend Palantir contract despite concerns raised in leaked audit

The UN's World Food Programme is finalising a five-year renewal of its contract with US data software firm Palantir despite “key privacy concerns” raised in a leaked 2025 internal audit. The audit, seen by PassBlue and FRANCE 24, reveals UN misgivings about allowing Palantir to process data for the world’s…

France 24

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UN issues stark warning over impact of El Niño on world hunger

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Strong El Niño could push 49 million more people into acute hunger, UN agency says

A powerful El Nino may push nearly 49 million more people into food insecurity. This event carries an 81% chance of being very strong, impacting vulnerable regions. Central America and Southern Africa face the most severe increases in food insecurity. Global food markets are strong, but conflict and crop losses…

The Economic Times

El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year

UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity

The Guardian - UK

Afghanistan's child deaths are rising as food distributions face cuts, UN says

Child malnutrition has reached critical levels in a third of Afghanistan’s provinces, according to the U.N. World Food Program

The Independent UK

Afghanistan's malnutrition crisis 'spinning out of control': UN

Child malnutrition reaches critical levels in Afghanistan as aid is drastically cut. Many acutely malnourished children are being turned away without any assistance. Conflict and forced returns also contribute to the worsening nutrition crisis. The World Food Programme lacks sufficient funds to help all those in need. This situation threatens…

The Economic Times

Ebola outbreak is worsening food insecurity in eastern Congo, UN agency chief warns

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is worsening the region's food insecurity, according to the World Food Program's acting Executive Director Carl Skau who described the situation as a “crisis on top of a crisis.”

The Independent UK

Uganda begins emergency food handouts after 19 die from hunger

Government move follows months of drought and crop failures in Karamoja, with 1.5m people facing malnutrition

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As gang violence expands, Haiti's humanitarian crisis worsens

Armed gangs in Haiti control nearly all of Port-au-Prince and are expanding their reach outward. Once a peaceful farming community on the outskirts of the capital, the town of Kenscoff has found itself attacked again in recent days – violence that risks worsening food insecurity that the UN warns is…

Radio France Internationale

G7 and EU call for halt to attacks in Sudan's El-Obeid and wider arms embargo

G7 foreign ministers and the European Union's foreign policy chief on Wednesday urged Sudan's Rapid Support Forces and allied armed groups to halt all actions that could lead to further atrocities or endanger civilians in El-Obeid.

International Business Times UK

'You're Not a Visionary, You're a C**t': London Poster Targets Elon Musk's Fortune Amid Global Hunger Crisis

A guerrilla poster in London criticises Elon Musk's trillionaire status, sparking debate over wealth inequality. The unauthorised advert questions Musk's decision not to address global hunger.

The Independent UK

Revealed: How Trump’s views have forced UN agencies to change how they address the climate crisis

SPECIAL REPORT: UN agencies are softening language on climate change, irrespective of soaring climate impacts the world over, Nick Ferris reports

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Hunger in northern Nigeria reaches worst levels in nearly a decade, WFP says

More than 17 million people across nine conflict-hit states in northern Nigeria face severe hunger, the UN's food agency (WFP) has said, warning that violence and funding ‌cuts are driving food insecurity to its worst level in nearly a decade. Stripped of their livelihoods, some people are fleeing across the…

Salon

New York is exporting Mamdani politics

Some of the institutions behind Tuesday’s progressive surge are already supporting candidates around the country

Euronews

Pope Leo XIV at World Food Programme: "conflicts are ‘fed’ more readily than people are nourished"

Pope Leo XIV visited the World Food Programme headquarters, where he denounced “imbalances in political and moral priorities” that hinder aid to the needy.

The Independent UK

Pope Leo slams world leaders who ‘feed’ wars instead of the hungry

The pontiff said global priorities are ‘badly skewed’ on a visit to the World Food Programme headquarters

The Independent UK

Pope Leo XIV warns wars are 'fed' faster than people as aid money dries up

Pope Leo XIV says wars are being sustained more easily than people are fed

Euronews

WFP welcomes €695m donation from US as it warns acute hunger to worsen in 13 hotspots

The WFP has said it wants to reach 110 million people in the most acute need around the world this year, for which it would require €11 billion.

The Independent UK

UN food agencies warn acute hunger will worsen in 13 hot spots as famine risks rise

The United Nations’ food agencies warn that acute hunger is set to worsen across 13 global hot spots in the coming months, calling for urgent action

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