Tag: hunger
World
783m people experience chronic hunger despite the fact that 19% of world’s food go waste – UN
The world threw away about 1. 05 billion tons of food in 2022, which is about 19% of all the food made. This information...
News
MSF reports 12 deaths of children daily due to hunger in Sudanese camp
Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has raised alarms over a dire humanitarian situation in the Zamzam refugee camp, located in North Darfur, Sudan....
Independent Africa
Tunisia’s imprisoned opposition leader embarks on hunger strike
The imprisoned leader of Tunisia's primary opposition party has declared his intention to commence a hunger strike until the restrictions imposed on him and...
Independent Africa
Citizens of Burkina Faso to soon face hunger strike
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has issued a warning about the escalating hunger crisis in Burkina Faso, attributing it to the ongoing security challenges...
Independent Africa
Over a million likely to face hunger in Burkina Faso – IRC
The International Rescue Committee (IRC), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has issued a warning that an additional one million people in Burkina Faso could be facing...
Independent Africa
Gaddafi’s son goes on hunger strike to protest long detention in Lebanon – Lawyer
The Lawyer of one of Muammar Gaddafi's surviving sons, Paul Romanos, says the latter has gone on a hunger strike to protest his protracted...
World
UN in need of $800m to ward off ‘catastrophic hunger’ in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is at the biggest risk of famine in a quarter-century, according to the U.N. food agency, and it urgently needs $800 million over...
World
Drought in Somalia: The struggle for survival as hunger looms
Despite Somalia experiencing its worst drought in 40 years, more and more young children are dying there.
In the coming days or weeks, an even...
Lifestyle
Curb hunger with a big breakfast but don’t count on it for weight loss, study says
Many people eat the bulk of their calories at night, limiting breakfast due to busy workdays and school mornings, and experts have long thought...
World
East Africa hunger causing death ‘every 48 seconds’
Humanitarian organisations have warned that across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, one person is dying every 48 seconds from acute hunger linked to conflict, the...