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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.
Rev. Barber leads Moral Monday march against ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ amid Senate debate
Blog / 3rd June 2025The bill would "rob the poor, starve children, and deny care to the sick in order to line the pockets of the wealthy," writes Julia Conley for Common Dreams.
Gaza: Top UN envoy calls on Israel to end devastating strikes, starvation of civilians
News / 30th May 2025Gaza’s population is being “starved and denied the very basics,” while the region stands at a dangerous crossroads, the UN’s Middle East peace envoy has warned the Security Council.
Hundreds of millions are dying of hunger
Article / 30th May 2025Enough food is produced to meet the needs of 11 billion people. Why do so many of the 8 billion people on the planet go hungry? By Vijay Prashad for Tricontinental.
World Health Organisation’s annual budget is the ‘equivalent to global military expenditure every 8 hours’
News / 21st May 2025The Director-General of the WHO drew a sharp contrast between its budget and global spending priorities: US$ 2.1 billion is the equivalent of global military expenditure every eight hours.
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions
News / 19th May 2025Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, pushing millions of people to the brink in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions.