Conflict and Famine
Hunger Crisis in Myanmar/Burma
May 2, 2026 According to the latest Hunger Hotspots Report, 16.7 million people, or one in three citizens of Myanmar (also known as Burma), are acutely food insecure, a ...
Hunger in Haiti
April 28, 2026: Over the last six years, the food crisis in Haiti has grown steadily worse. In 2019–2020, around 3.7 million Haitians were in food insecurity (IPC) Phase 3 or above. By 2022–2023, that was approaching 4.7 million, nearly half the population. The most recent UN Integrated ...
New Global Report on Food Crises, 2026
April 26, 2026 The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), jointly published on April 24 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the Global Network Against Food Crises, estimates that some 35.5 million children were acutely malnourished across 23 nutr...
Further Increases of Starvation in Darfur, Sudan
April 12, 2026 The arid, poor, western region of Sudan, called Darfur, has been a complex emergency for twenty-three years, with mass displacement and an increasing problem of starvation and malnutrition. Aid to prevent starvation is prevented by the inability of aid agencies to reach those in ...
Increased Hunger and Conflict in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is currently facing a severe food insecurity crisis driven by several compounding factors. According to the UNHCR, in 2025, both Pakistan and Iran tightened their migration policies, forcing large numbers of Afghan refugees to return to Afghanistan. The Pakistan–Afghanistan border...
Review of “Channeling Cassandra”
Dennis King's new monograph, Channeling Cassandra, draws on his over 35 years of experience managing information about international humanitarian disasters, including his creation of ReliefWeb.com and overseeing USAID and US Department of State humanitarian information systems. Published by the N...
Environmentally-Induced Displacement and Health/Nutrition — a Roundtable Review
A roundtable of two dozen experts, including leaders of key international NGOs, met at George Washington University to examine the global implications of environmentally-induced migration and health, in a context of declining aid. The report, Beyond Emerge...
Gaza Humanitarian Food Aid – A Report by Senators Van Hollen & Merkley
A detailed report by U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (Maryland) and Jeff Merkley (Oregon) resulting from a fact-finding CODEL mission to Israel, Gaza’s border, the West Bank, Jordan, and Egypt is a review of their observations of destruction and forced displacement. (Van Hollen, Merkley Repor...
The Passing of William Garvelink, Food and Disaster Leader
William Garvelink, from Falls Church, Virginia, who led how US aid could go to persons displaced within their country’s borders, passed away this August 23 unexpectedly. Known to all as Bill, he studied Latin American history and dreamt of being a university professor before getting work at the ...
Hunger Increases Even Further in The Sudan
August 28, 2025: Aid agencies estimate that malnutrition in Sudan increases in scale, depth and scope. Much of the reporting comes from the far western region of Darfur, where, between January and May 2025, North Darfur saw a 46% increase in children...
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