starvation
Famine on rise in Near East and North Africa: FAO
Middle East
May 9, 2019
Famine on rise in Near East and North Africa: FAO
Famine is on the rise in the Near East and North Africa with more than 52 million people undernourished, most…
Egypt’s Maggie Michael and Nariman El-Mofty win Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Yemen crisis
Egypt
April 17, 2019
Egypt’s Maggie Michael and Nariman El-Mofty win Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Yemen crisis
A team of three Arab journalists — among them Egyptian reporter Maggie Michael and Egyptian photographer Nariman El-Mofty — won…
UN World Food Programme announces cutbacks in food assistance in Gaza, West Bank
Middle East
December 19, 2018
UN World Food Programme announces cutbacks in food assistance in Gaza, West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The World Food Programme announced on Wednesday cuts in food aid affecting some 190,000 impoverished Palestinians…
Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen
Middle East
November 21, 2018
Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An estimated 85,000 children under age 5 may have died of hunger and disease since…
A picture and its story: severe malnutrition in Yemen
Middle East
October 26, 2016
A picture and its story: severe malnutrition in Yemen
The emaciated frame of 18-year-old Saida Ahmad Baghili lies on a hospital bed in the red sea port city of…
Liberia’s ‘Planet of the Apes’ chimps facing starvation
Environment
July 12, 2015
Liberia’s ‘Planet of the Apes’ chimps facing starvation
A speedboat laden with fruit approaches and four chimpanzees come bounding over from the dense forest, screeching excitedly as volunteers…
Syrians flee besieged rebel area with tales of hunger
World
February 25, 2015
Syrians flee besieged rebel area with tales of hunger
At a shelter in Damascus, the strain of life under a crippling siege not far from the Syrian capital is…