famine
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...
Hunger Hotspots Report, Summer 2025
Hotspots for elevated hunger and malnutrition during the summer of 2025 were highlighted for Sudan, Gaza, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali in the new report produced by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN, along with the World Food Program, with support from the European Union and the Global...
In Memoriam: The US Famine Early Warning System, Known as FEWS, as well as SERVIR
The program which many experts considered to be the most effective at stopping famines and starvation and arguably the single most valuable aid program of all time, has ended its 40 year run of success, as the White House shut it down, alongside hundreds of other global initiatives, without review, ...
Questions to Ask about Aid from USAID
The US Government Agency that Brings Aid - USAID USAID, started in 1961 under President John F. Kennedy. Estimates are that some 3 billion people in 150 countries have benefited directly from U.S. food assistance . The Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, a part of USAID, identifies fo...
USAID Adds Value in Disaster Response, Says Former Hunger Notes Chair
Opinion piece from the former WHES Board Chair: Most people do not realize what a huge mistake it would be to eliminate the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as appears to be underway here in February 2025. It would be like throwing the prove...
Resource Highlight: Examining the Decline in Starvation Deaths
How Many People Die of Starvation in Humanitarian Emergencies?, from the Refugee Policy Group think tank, examines the history of starvation in emergencies, includi...
Past World Hunger Prize Winners
Thirteen winners of the World Hunger Prize issued an appeal on October 30, 2024 at the Borlaug Dialogue gathering in Des Moines, Iowa. The annual gathering, this year from October 29-31, showcased over 50 speakers from around the world, including the 2024 World Food Prize winners Dr. Geoffrey ...
Book Classic: Famine, Conflict and Response by Fred Cuny
Book Classic: Famine, Conflict and Response: a Basic Guide By Fred Cuny, with Rick Hill (West Hartford, CN: Kumarian Press 1999) This basic, extremely readable text about famine prevention and relief remains a preferred textb...
The World Can Feed Itself – It Needs the Will
In this opinion piece, Dominic MacSorley, former CEO of Concern Worldwide writes from the Sudan about the world hunger situation. He says: "Gaza and Ukraine have been most prominent in the public eye but they form only a fraction of the 117 million people experiencing acute food insecurity as ...
In extraordinary move, USAID suspends all food aid to Ethiopia
In an extraordinary move, USAID has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia countrywide due to widespread and systemic corruption by federal and local authorities. The World Food Programme Director and Deputy Director have both stepped down from their positions....
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