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Gaza: UN agencies warn of escalating attacks, mass displacement and famine

·September 25, 2025·1 min read

The UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OHCHR) says Israeli military tactics in Gaza City – including strikes on homes and schools – are “inflicting terror” and forcing people to flee. In parallel, UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, reports more than 20,000 people were forced to moved southwards in a single...

Yemen: UN sounds alarm as famine, fighting and aid worker detentions exacerbate crisis

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·September 16, 2025·3 min read

UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council on Monday that the turmoil in Yemen cannot be seen in isolation. “Yemen is both a mirror and a magnifier of the region’s volatility,” he said, noting that progress toward peace is hampered by regional rivalries, cross-border dynamics, and internal divisions....

Window to prevent famine spreading in Gaza is ‘closing fast’, UN warns

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·September 7, 2025·3 min read

Tom Fletcher’s statement amid what he described as “a massive military offensive” by Israeli forces against Palestinians in Gaza City, and the failure of ceasefire negotiations with Hamas militants. By the end of September famine will likely have spread into Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, he said, unless there...

The descent into ‘a massive famine’ in Gaza has begun, relief agencies warn

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·August 29, 2025·1 min read

Although the private aid platform run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation continues to receive its own supplies, “we are on a descent into a massive famine”, insisted Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, on Friday. Referring to the latest catastrophic assessment of food...

Hunger and disease in Gaza will only worsen from ‘man-made’ famine: WHO

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·August 28, 2025·1 min read

In an online alert, the UN agency said that disease and hunger will only increase, unless all Israeli impediments to aid delivery at scale are removed and access is allowed across the Strip. The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, confirmed on Wednesday that some aid is allowed into the enclave...

Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief

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·August 22, 2025·3 min read

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the results of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis were no mystery: “It is a man-made disaster, a moral indictment – and a failure of humanity itself. “Famine is not about food; it is the deliberate collapse of the systems needed for human...

Gaza Strip: Humanitarians warn of worsening famine conditions, attacks on civilians

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·July 31, 2025·2 min read

Of the 154 malnutrition-related deaths since October 2023 (including 89 children) reported by Gazan health authorities, the World Health Organization (WHO) said 63 occurred in July alone. These deaths follow a steep drop in food consumption: 81 per cent of households reported poor food consumption in July (up from 33...

In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation

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·July 29, 2025·2 min read

According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) platform, two out of three famine thresholds for food consumption have been breached across most of Gaza, with acute malnutrition levels in Gaza City confirming aid agencies’ repeated warnings. “Mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a...

‘Famine silently begins to unfold’ in Gaza, UNRWA chief says

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·July 25, 2025·4 min read

Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), said that is what one of its workers told him on Thursday morning. This sobering comment comes amidst increasingly severe malnutrition for children and adults throughout the Gaza Strip. “When child malnutrition surges, coping...

Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened

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·June 12, 2025·1 min read

The warning comes amidst increased violence and a worsening food security condition which has 11 out of 13 counties in the state facing emergency levels of hunger and 32,000 of these inhabitants facing catastrophic level hunger conditions, almost three times previous estimates. “We are seeing the devastating impact conflict has...

Sudan emergency: We need more help to prevent famine, says WFP

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·June 11, 2025·2 min read

“Over the past six months, WFP scaled up assistance and we are now reaching nearly one million Sudanese in Khartoum with food and nutrition support,” said Laurent Bukera, WFP Country Director in Sudan. “This momentum must continue; several areas in the south are at risk of famine.” In an update from...

Another year, another rise in food insecurity – including famine

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·May 16, 2025·3 min read

It is the first time since 2017 that a famine has been declared anywhere on Earth. In the 20 months since the war between rival militaries erupted, 13 million Sudanese have been forcibly displaced and over 30.4 million are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance, according to UN estimates. The inhabitants...