STARVATION

Famine threatens 400,000 Sudanese, 800,000 on the edge of that issue

Published on: August 2, 2024
13:12

Khartoum, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) More than 400,000 people in the Zamzam camp, in the Sudanese state of North Darfur, are in danger of dying of starvation, the Famine Research Committee (FRC) proclaimed.

Judge orders Argentine Government to deliver stored food

Published on: May 27, 2024
13:03

Buenos Aires, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Federal Judge Sebastian Casanello ordered the Argentine Ministry of Human Capital on Monday to present a report with the amount of food it has in stock and an immediate distribution plan.

Sudan’s conflict spreads food regional insecurity

Published on: February 19, 2024
17:49

United Nations, Feb 19 (Prensa Latina) At least 25 million people in Sudan, South Sudan and Chad have been facing hunger and malnutrition as a result of conflict, the World Food Program (WFP) warned on Monday.

200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies

Published on: September 1, 2023
14:52

Bamako, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) A nexus of protracted armed conflict, internal displacement and limited humanitarian access threatens to plunge nearly one million children under the age of five into acute malnutrition by the end of this year – with at least 200,000 at risk of dying of hunger if life-saving aid fails to reach them, UN agencies said on Friday.

Starvation, hunger-related deaths a reality amid food crisis

Published on: October 5, 2021
07:46

United Nations, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) With some of the world's worst food crises in recent years impacting tens of millions of people, there is an urgent need for specifically targeted funding for emergency livelihoods assistance and to build resilience, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Pope Francis calls to eliminate food waste

Published on: September 29, 2021
13:25

Vatican City, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) Pope Francis said on Wednesday that fighting the terrible scourge of hunger also means fighting food waste.

Oxfam warns about growing threat of starvation worldwide

Published on: July 9, 2021
07:17

Geneva, Jul 9 (Prensa Latina) In 2020 there were six times more people close to starvation than in 2019, Oxfam said in a report.

FAO assures Panama reduced hunger

Published on: May 1, 2021
08:21

Panama, May 1 (Prensa Latina) In last decade, Panama has reduced hunger by 3.4%, according to the UN report on the 2020 Panorama of Food and Nutrition Security.

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