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Want to end poverty? Then reduce inequality
Blog / 27th June 2025New World Bank numbers show 125 million more people living in extreme poverty than previously thought, writes Max Lawson for Equals.
Attacks on world order and global aid derailing decades of progress on poverty, warns UN poverty expert
Report / 26th June 2025Unprecedented cuts to global aid and intensifying attacks on multilateralism are undermining decades of progress in the fight against poverty, the UN’s poverty expert warned today.
UN reveals worsening hunger hotspots
News / 18th June 2025A new joint UN report warns that people in five hunger hotspots around the world face extreme hunger and risk of starvation and death in the coming months unless there is urgent humanitarian action and a coordinated international effort to de-escalate conflict, stem displacement, and mount an urgent full-scale aid response.
Weaponising food worsens starvation
Blog / 18th June 2025Wars, economic shocks, planetary heating and aid cuts have worsened food crises in recent years, with almost 300 million people now threatened by starvation, write Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nadia Malyanah Azman for IPS News.
UN’s lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard
News / 5th June 2025The UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid in Mozambique to maternal health services in Afghanistan, critical programmes are on the brink of collapse unless urgent funding is secured.