hunger

Even TCB is hindered by issues such as rent-seeking, public corruption, and administrative inefficiencies. Photo: TBS
Panorama

The origin of Bangladesh’s hunger is mostly political 

Millions of people go hungry in Bangladesh not because it is a resource-poor country, but rather due to the nature of the state 

Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, 5 March 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
World+Biz

UN report says 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in Gaza

Women and children wait to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Thonyor, Leer state, South Sudan, February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola/File Photo
Africa

Sudan needs 'immediate action' on hunger to avert widespread death, UN-backed report says

Representational Photo: Collected
World+Biz

783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet world wastes 19% of its food, UN says

Sudanese refugees gather as Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams assist the war-wounded from West Darfur, Sudan, in Adre hospital, Chad, June 16, 2023 in this handout image. Courtesy of Mohammad Ghannam/MSF/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Africa

UN warns of catastrophic hunger in Sudan in coming months

A displaced Palestinian boy, who fled with his family from their house amid Israeli strikes, looks after his twin siblings as they take shelter at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Hamas-Israel war

It’s not just Israeli bombs that have killed children in Gaza. Now some are dying of hunger too

Photo: WFP/Michael Tewelde
World+Biz

Sudan soon to be 'world's largest hunger crisis': WFP

FILE PHOTO: Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 5, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Almost 10% of Gaza's under-fives now acutely malnourished, UN says

Seventeen-year-old Louch Vi feeds her two sons at her hut in the Mondulkiri region of Cambodia on Feb. 9, 2018. Louch said she and her sons go days at a time without food. FRANCESCO BREMBATI FOR FOREIGN POLICY
Global Economy

High inflation means children go hungry around the world

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World+Biz

More people can't afford nutritious food and 148 million children are stunted by hunger, UN says

A child drinks water near Gode, Ethiopia.Photographer: Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images/Bloomberg
World+Biz

Hunger now grips quarter of a billion as war roils food supplies

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World+Biz

258 million people needed urgent food aid in 2022: UN

Intense diplomatic efforts helped free Ukraine grain shipments to feed the world. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

Ukraine has given the world a blueprint to fight hunger