Tag: Hunger
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Gaza Authorities Warn Territory Is Heading for Famine
Carl Skau, Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme, expressed concern that the same catastrophic levels of hunger previously recorded in the northern areas could soon be reached in the southern Gaza Strip.
June 18, 2024
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Lula’s Government Reduces Hunger and Food Insecurity in Brazil
According to a recent poll published by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), which says that the number of people facing severe food and nutritional insecurity in Brazil fell from 33.1 million in 2022 to 8.7 million in 2023, from 15.5% of the population to 4.1%-. RELATED: Agri-Food Transformation Must Go Hand With Sustainability, […]
April 28, 2024
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Agri-Food Transformation Must Go Hand With Sustainability, FAO
The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Máximo Torero said that the transformation of agri-food systems must take into account sustainability, so that “Let us have good food today and tomorrow for all.” RELATED: FAO Establishes Priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean “If we are not careful […]
April 14, 2024
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Red Cross and Red Crescent Worried About Hunger in Gaza
The director of the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (FRCS) expressed concern about the growing famine in Gaza. RELATED: At Least 40 Journalists Are Arbitrarily Detained by Israel “Hunger in Gaza serves as a stark reminder of the immense hardships civilians are enduring,” Jagan Chapagain wrote in X. “It takes a major, […]
March 19, 2024
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UN Expert Urges Israel to End Starvation Campaign in Gaza
At a meeting of the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Michael Fakhri condemned Israel’s destruction of the food system in Gaza and urged an end to the “starvation campaign” there. RELATED: League of Arab States Welcomes Resistance of Palestinian Women He also […]
March 8, 2024
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Israel Blocks Convoy With Food and Aid for Gaza
On Wednesday, the Israeli army prevented a convoy of 14 food trucks from entering the Gaza area. The shipment was made by the World Food Programme (WFP). RELATED: Gaza Strip: Israel Launched a New Wave of Airstrikes The cargo contained more than 200 tons of food that did not reach its destination because the convoy […]
March 6, 2024
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Gaza Strip: Hunger Threatens One Million Palestinian Children
On Thursday, the NGO Save the Children accused Israel of preventing food from entering the Gaza Strip, endangering the lives of a million children in the territory. RELATED: Israeli War in Gaza is Like the Rwandan Genocide: South Africa Denying them access to basic food and supplies will have lifelong consequences for Palestinian infants, should […]