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Hunger

The latest stories and news on global efforts to end world hunger

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Shadi's take on World Food Programme cutbacks

CartoonOctober 21, 2026
The National

Shadi's take on the World Food Programme slashing aid to the West Bank

CartoonSeptember 03, 2026
The Ranches Primary School in Dubai holds a souq-style campaign where pupils learn about the importance of giving. Ranches Primary School

From Ramadan tents to healthy meals: UAE's helping hand lifts spirits

UAEFebruary 19, 2026
Shamm Qudeih was severely malnourished before she left Gaza but is slowly gaining weight under the care of doctors in Italy. AP
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Malnourished Gaza girl with rare genetic disease recovers in Italian hospital

MENASeptember 06, 2025
People eat after a round of food distribution in a displaced persons camp at the Lycee Marie Jeanne school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on October 2, 2024. The weaponisation of food today is no different than in historic wars where millions perished. AFP

Starvation is a preferred atrocity of war. But for how long?

CommentAugust 22, 2025
A boy salvages flour in the aftermath of an Israeli strike in Khan Younis. Flour prices have rocketed 10-fold due to a total blockade on aid for Gaza. AFP

Gazans face 'unbearable' hunger as Israel keeps borders shut

MENAApril 23, 2025
A child, weighing only 4kg, at Al Khudash camp for displaced people in northern Yemen. Britain said cutting aid contributed to the country's famine. AFP

Britain admits mistakes contributed to Yemen famine

MENAFebruary 05, 2025
Sudanese refugees sit in a makeshift tent in the Adre transition camp, on the border with Sudan, Chad. EPA

Famine spreads to five new areas across Sudan, UN report says

MENADecember 25, 2024
Hannan Timraz cooks for her family in Khan Younis, where they live after being displaced from Rafah. Mohammed Abu Amra for The National

The Gazan mothers adding a pinch of resilience to traditional Palestinian dishes

MENADecember 20, 2024
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chile's President Gabriel Boric and Rio de Janeiro's Mayor Eduardo Paes attend the Urban 20 (U20), the Mayors' forum of the cities from the G20 countries, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 17. Reuters

G20 offers a way to end global hunger and poverty

EditorialNovember 18, 2024
Hana Al Rai, three, who has diabetes, a weakened immune system and malnutrition, rests at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al Balah, where she was receiving treatment in June. AP

Gazan parents fear for children as enclave on brink of famine

MENAOctober 30, 2024
Children wait for food at a camp for internally displaced people in Khan Younis. AFP

Far beyond zero hunger, everyone has a right to nutritious food

CommentOctober 15, 2024
Women and babies at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. Reuters

UN monitor declares famine in camp in Sudan's North Darfur

MENAAugust 02, 2024
Refugees from Darfur in Sudan, sit on a vehicle before being taken to a camp on April 23, 2024, in Adre, Chad. Getty Images

Aid agencies and UK government to discuss need for Sudan resolution

MENAApril 24, 2024
A lack of food in Gaza means more than a quarter of its population are at 'catastrophe' levels of hunger, a UN and EU-led report says. Getty Images

Gaza tops list of Middle East food crises

MENAApril 24, 2024
A Palestinian child searches for food scraps at a street kitchen in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza, on March 19. Bloomberg

Hunger is an immoral accompaniment to war

CommentApril 04, 2024
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