Rising hunger predicted across 16 global hotspots
Food insecurity in 16 global regions, spanning 14 countries and two regional clusters, is expected to intensify from November 2024 through May 2025, according to a recent UN report.
Fire destroys warehouse in one of the world’s biggest produce markets – Paris, France
A huge fire broke out on Sunday, September 25, 2022, at Rungis International Market – one of the world’s largest produce markets – in Paris, France destroying its fruit and vegetable warehouse. The market supplies Paris and its surrounding with much of its fresh food.
World on the brink of worst food crisis in 50 years, UN warns
The UN has warned that the world is on the verge of the worst food crisis in at least 50 years as the recession following the COVID-19 pandemic may put basic nutrition beyond impoverished people's reach. The organization has urged governments to take prompt…
239 million people in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from hunger and malnutrition
The hunger and malnutrition crisis in sub-Saharan Africa is increasing at an alarming rate, with now about 239 million people suffering, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The organization discussed key targets to combat the…
45 million people across Southern Africa face hunger following natural disasters and economic disarray
45 million people in the 16-nation Southern African Development Community are facing worsening hunger following calamities such as drought and flooding, as well as economic disarray, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said on Thursday, January 16, 2020. …
Worst drought in over a century pushes Namibia closer to famine
Dam water levels in Namibia have almost halved from already low levels as the worst drought in more than 100 years pushes the nation closer to famine. On Thursday, December 12, 2019, the environment ministry reported that the drought had caused a third of…
Over 52 million face hunger crisis due to extreme weather in Africa
More than 52 million in 18 countries across Africa are experiencing up to crisis levels of starvation due to weather extremes worsened by poverty and conflict, according to Oxfam. Some areas are suffering from the second extreme drought in four years, which was…
Hundreds dying from hunger as severe drought grips Somalia
110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in just one region of Somalia as severe drought gripped the country, causing hunger crisis. The death toll was announced by prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire today and it comes from the Bay region in the southwest…
Prolonged drought prompts critical food insecurity alert, Haiti
The Government of Haiti has officially issued an alert on the critical food insecurity situation in the country caused by the prolonged drought exacerbated by the influence of El Nino weather phenomena. The poorest of Haiti population are kept in food crisis due to…
One in seven people suffer malnourishment
One in seven people suffer from malnourishment, the head of the UN’s food agency said in a new report released ahead of a summit on sustainable development to be held in Rio de Janeiro June 20-22. The report calls on governments to invest in infrastructure and
