Conflict and Famine
As Russia quits Black Sea Grain Deal, Food Prices Rise
Russia has indicated that the decision to withdraw from the Black Sea Grain Deal, which allows Ukraine to export grain from ports on the Black Sea, is final. Russia has said that any ship traveling to or from Ukraine ports will be considered an enemy vessel....
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM speaks on Feeding those in need
In this video interview by PBS.org, David Beasley, former Governor of South Carolina, and the outgoing Executive Director of the UN World Food Program (WFP) speaks about his o...
Black Sea Grain Initiative, to Expire 18 March 2023, in Peril
The Black Sea Initiative, the U.N. brokered agreement to export Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea ports is due to expire on Saturday the 18th of March, 2023. As of 14 March, there was a proposal by the Russians, to shorten the extension from 120 days to 60 days. The Ukrainians counter that thi...
“Love and Liberation” Captures Voices of Local Aid Workers in Famine Zone
Lauren Carruth's important 2021 book, Love and Liberation - Humanitarian Work in Ethiopia's Somali Region (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press) fills a gap in the literature about aid programs by listening to the perspectives of those personnel delivering aid o...
US Ambassador to the UN warns of famine in Somalia
Linda Thomas Greenfield, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, gave a speech on January 29th in Mogadishu announcing $41 million for famine prevention in Somalia and urged other nations to join in assisting Somalia fight famine....
Hunger Hotspots: Sahel Countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
In this update from Reliefweb, the coming Spring will also bring acute severe malnutrition in the Sahel, focused in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. In addition to conflict in these countries, it is projected that approximately 7.5 million people will be in the stage 3 hunger category (IPC classificati...
Hunger Hotspots; Lebanon
In a food security analysis, it is projected that 2.26 million people will suffer from acute levels of food insecurity in Lebanon this coming Spring (2023). The continuation of the food insecurity is due to the influx of Syrian refugees, a deteriorating economy, and global inflation....
Mapping Conflict and Food Insecurity in Africa
This is a very interesting info-graphic presenting how conflict drives food insecurity in Africa. It shows that 111 million people who are experiencing food crises are in countries suffering from conflict....
World Bank Releases New Report on Ukraine War and Global Food Crisis
The World Bank has released a commodity markets report this April on the Impact of the War in Ukraine on World Commodity Markets. In this report, they state that rising oil prices, inflation and the fertilizer scarcity that the war in Ukraine has created has become the greatest shock to g...
Hunger in Niger
Niger is one of the countries within the Sahel region on the southern border of the great Sahara Desert in West Africa. Niger rests directly north of Nigeria, and is home to over 24 million people. As the country enters April which this year is the month of Ramadan, it is sobering to observe the...
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