Millions of lives at risk, warn UN food agencies, as hunger crisis . . . The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) warn of a major hunger emergency, with acute food insecurity set to worsen in 16 countries and territories between now and May 2026, putting millions of lives at risk
Starvation Has Become a Lethal Weapon: Up to 21,000 Dying Daily From . . . An Oxfam report published Wednesday estimates that war-fueled hunger is likely killing as many as 21,000 people per day in dozens of countries as parties to global conflicts weaponize starvation against children and other vulnerable people in Gaza, Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, and elsewhere
Death rate from famines by year - Our World in Data The World Peace Foundation has compiled a comprehensive dataset cataloging famines and mass starvation events since 1870 Their main dataset focuses on events that caused 100,000 or more deaths
New FAO-WFP report warns of shrinking window to prevent millions more . . . Conflict and violence are driving extreme hunger in six major crises ROME – A new joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warns that acute food insecurity is deepening in 16 hunger hotspots, which threatens to drive millions more into famine or risk of famine
Starvation Crimes: Up to 21,000 people are dying each day from conflict . . . On World Food Day, hunger has reached an all-time high; exposing the flaws in global peacebuilding and conflict recovery efforts Between 7,000 to as many as 21,000 people are likely dying each day from hunger in countries impacted by conflict, according to a new Oxfam report