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Famine looming in north Gaza: U.N.-backed report

Famine looming in north Gaza: U.N.-backed report

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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report classified that as IPC Phase 5 — a situation when “starvation, death, destitution and extremely critical acute malnutrition levels are evident | Photo Credit: AFP Famine is looming in the northern Gaza Strip amid increased hostilities and a near-halt in food aid, a U.N.-backed assessment said on […]

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Famine looming in north Gaza: U.N.-backed report

Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns

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Rohingya refugees gather near a fence during a government organized media tour, to a no-man’s land between Myanmar and Bangladesh, near Taungpyolatyar village, Maung Daw, northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. File | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could […]

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Famine looming in north Gaza: U.N.-backed report

Sudan’s warring sides target volunteers fighting famine

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Sudanese women from community kitchens run by local volunteers prepare meals for people affected by the ongoing crisis. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Attacks by opposing sides in Sudan are making it difficult to provide life-saving aid amid a huge hunger crisis, said local volunteers who have helped to feed the African countries most destitute during […]

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