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Child hunger emergency in northeastern Nigeria
The world may have finally woken up to the child hunger emergency in northeastern Nigeria, but the latest data shows, if anything, a deepening crisis. Levels of Global Acute Malnutrition recorded in July and August were well over the 15 percent thres...
Nearly 50 million children “uprooted” worldwide – UNICEF
Across the globe, nearly 50 million children have been uprooted – 28 million of them driven from their homes by conflicts not of their making, and millions more migrating in the hope of finding a better, safer life. Often traumatized by the conflicts and violence they are fleeing, they face furthe...
Gang violence in Central America is a humanitarian crisis. Aid agencies and donors need to do more.
Central America’s Northern Triangle – encompassing El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras – is one of the most violent regions in the world outside of a warzone. Transnational gangs or maras have proliferated in the wake of decades of civil war and are largely responsible for a per capi...
Indigenous people demand shared benefits from forest conservation
“Why don’t the authorities put themselves in our shoes?” asked Cándido Mezúa, an indigenous man from Panama, with respect to native peoples’ participation in conservation policies and the sharing of benefits from the protection of forests....
Ships bring your coffee, snack and TV set, but also pests and diseases
While oil spills garner much public attention and anguish, the so-called “biological spills” represent a greater long-term threat and do not have the same high public profile. ...
South Sudan: Girls wash foraged wild greens in a river’s unsafe waters
South Sudan, 2016: Girls wash foraged wild greens in a river’s unsafe waters, in the Torit region in Eastern Equatoria State, where late rains and insecurity in the region have led to failed crops and severe food insecurity, especially for the poorest. An estimated 2.8 million people in the countr...
Protracted conflicts causing alarming spikes in severe hunger
Briefs for UN Security Council highlight how millions of people remain trapped in a vicious cycle of violence and hunger...
Food security of developing countries expected to improve through 2026 as food prices fall and incomes rise
According to price projections from USDA Agricultural Projections to 2025 and income projections from ERS’s International Macroeconomic Data Set, food prices will drop and income levels will rise over the next decade. Under these assumptions, model results suggest improvements in food sec...
The true extent of hunger: What the FAO isn’t telling you
Changes in the way the FAO measures hunger reduced the estimated number of hungry people and increased the percentage reduction in the number of hungry people. This article discusses those changes....
Ending extreme poverty: an interview with economist Ana Revenga
Ana Revenga, senior director of the Poverty and Equity Group at the World Bank, believes that the goal of ending extreme poverty can be achieved....
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