UN says hunger is ‘an avoidable tragedy’ in a world of plenty
News / 20th October 2026More than a quarter of humanity struggles to get enough food, even though the world produces enough for everyone, says the UN human rights chief Volker Türk, blaming injustice and the denial of human rights for hunger in a world of plenty.
Cuts force World Food Programme to end support for half a million Palestinians in Gaza
News / 20th October 2026Two-thirds of the population face crisis levels of food insecurity and 200,000 people are in danger of famine, according to the UN’s World Food Programme.
Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says
News / 13th October 2026The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as families struggle to meet their basic needs.
Developing nations face triple shock from energy crisis, El Niño and borrowing costs, UN warns
News / 12th October 2026The UN’s development arm calls for urgent action as compounding crises could ‘throw tens if not hundreds of millions back into poverty’.
Global leaders urged to join initiative to fight extreme inequality
News / 21st September 2026More than 1,500 academics and economists sign an open letter calling the growing gap between richest and poorest ‘a policy choice that can be reversed’.