Latest Famine News

Gaza and Haiti are on the brink of famine, experts say. Here's what that means

Mar. 19, 2024 21:32 PM EDT

Catastrophic hunger is so dire in two world hotspots that famine is imminent in northern Gaza and approaching in Haiti, with hundreds of thousands of people in both places struggling to avoid starvation. That’s according to food security experts and aid groups, who are warning...

Famine is said to be imminent in northern Gaza as Israel raids the main hospital again

Mar. 19, 2024 02:11 AM EDT

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Famine is imminent in northern Gaza, where 70% of people are experiencing catastrophic hunger, according to a report Monday that warned escalation of the war could push half of Gaza's total population to the brink of starvation. The report, by the...

UN food agency says ‘famine is imminent’ in northern Gaza, where 70% of the population likely faces catastrophic hunger

Mar. 18, 2024 07:05 AM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — UN food agency says ‘famine is imminent’ in northern Gaza, where 70% of the population likely faces catastrophic hunger.

Hunger soars and aid dwindles as gangs in Haiti suffocate the country

Mar. 16, 2024 15:30 PM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A crowd of about 100 people tried to shove through a metal gate in Haiti’s capital as a guard with a baton pushed them back, threatening to hit them. Undeterred, children and adults alike, some of them carrying babies, kept elbowing each other trying to enter. ...

4 million people face 'acute food insecurity' in troubled Haiti, says UN food agency official

Mar. 12, 2024 21:54 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Four million people face “acute food insecurity” and one million of them are one step away from famine, the U.N. food agency’s director in the conflict-wracked Caribbean nation said Tuesday. Jean-Martin Bauer told a virtual press conference that he’s...

A quarter of Gaza's population is one step from famine and aid trucks are looted, UN says

Feb. 27, 2024 21:59 PM EST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At least one quarter of Gaza’s population – 576,000 people – are one step away from famine and virtually the entire population desperately needs food resulting in some aid trucks being shot at, looted and overwhelmed by hungry people, top U.N. officials said Tuesday. ...