Topic: Poverty and hunger
‘Children are being starved by design’: all of Gaza faces hunger crisis due to Israeli siege
Article / 13th May 2025New data shows the total Israeli siege that's now in its third month has made Gaza's already dire hunger crisis worse, leaving the entire Palestinian enclave in emergency conditions.
Sudan faces worsening humanitarian catastrophe as famine and conflict escalate: UN experts
News / 22nd April 2025As the conflict in Sudan reaches the two-year mark, UN human rights experts raised alarm that widespread starvation and a distressing surge in acute malnutrition are unfolding.
‘War without limits’: Aid agencies sound the alarm as Israel’s Gaza blockade enters a second month
News / 8th April 2025One month after Israel cut off humanitarian aid from the Gaza Strip, aid agencies say the humanitarian situation there has deteriorated dangerously.
Tens of millions at risk of extreme hunger and starvation as unprecedented funding crisis spirals
News / 1st April 2025Despite the generosity of many governments and individual donors, WFP is experiencing a steep decline in funding across its major donors.
Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis
News / 24th March 2025Children, refugees and displaced people worldwide are paying the price for the deep-seated funding crisis that has engulfed the international aid sector, made worse by pronounced cuts in Washington, the UN children’s report.
Faith leaders blast GOP’s attacks on poor and tax cuts for the rich
Report / 6th March 2025Faith leaders came together in Washington, D.C. to share an open letter and report calling out efforts by Republicans in Congress to rip resources away from the working class to fund tax giveaways for the ultrarich.
UK aid cuts are a symptom of our broken economic model
Article / 28th February 2025Aid agencies across the UK are reeling from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s surprise announcement this week to increase military spending at the expense of foreign aid, writes Maxine Betteridge-Moes.
Only political will can end world hunger: Food isn’t scarce, but many people can’t access it
Article / 18th February 2025Measures to address world hunger must start with its known causes and proven policies, not just 'moonshot' technological innovations, writes Jennifer Clapp.
Shutting down USAID threatens to endanger world’s poorer nations
Article / 13th February 2025The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the US government’s primary channel for humanitarian aid and disaster relief, is expected to have a devastating impact on the world’s developing nations, writes Thalif Deen.
$300 billion yearly to wipe out poverty is affordable. Here’s how…
Blog / 13th February 2025This amount, estimated as the amount needed to set up basic social protection schemes in the world’s lowest-income countries, is affordable for the international community, argues Olivier De Schutter.