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In Memoriam: Mohamed Warsame Dualeh
May 3, 2026 Dr. Mohamed Warsame Dualeh, a Somali physician, refugee-health leader, humanitarian official, and later diplomat, died on April 25, 2026 in Germany. He is survived by his wife, Marie Therese Lenz, and children, Amalie, Issa, and Edna. Among the positions he held during h...
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...
India’s Conquest of Famine
April 19, 2026 In the weeks since Paul Ehrlich's passing away, there have been many articles about the change that have occurred since his publication of the Population Bomb, where he warned about trends in risk of f...
Lebanon’s 2026 Conflict and Displacement Increase Malnutrition
April 8, 2026: An estimated 1.65 million people in Lebanon are vulnerable to increased food shortages and malnutrition due to the combination of conflict, bombardment, displacement and denied access of food shipments. The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon has caused significa...
Yu Ying Public Charter School Students Investigate Hunger
World Hunger Education Service was invited to meet with a group of 5th graders at Yu Ying Public Charter School in Northeast Washington, DC to talk with them about hunger in the world. Fifth graders at Yu Ying are tasked with com...
Debate over Child Malnutrition in Gujarat, India
In his book Development as Freedom, Nobel-prize winning scholar Amartya Sen wrote that “no famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy,” tying that claim to the presence of elections, opposition parties, and...
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...
Foreclosures of American Farms Increase
Farm bankruptcies in the United States increased during the last year, with Chapter 12 filings rising 46% to 315, up from 216 in 2024. Regional Hotspots: The Midwest and Southeast accounted for over two-thirds of all filings, with states like Arkansas, Montana, and Pennsylvania seeing especially...
Threat of Child Malnutrition in Iran Amid U.S.–Iran Conflict
February 28, 2026 The U.S.–Iran war that began today, 28 February 2026, threatens to sharply worsen malnutrition among children under five in low-income urban neighborhoods of strike zones (Tehran, Isfahan, Kermanshah) and in rural border provinces (e.g., Sistan-Baluchestan...
Concern for Sudan
World Hunger Education Service made its annual anti-hunger award, including our recommendation and a cash grant to Concern Worldwide for its food and nutrition assistance in the worst famine crisis in the world, The Sud...
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