Sudan is the site of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with around 25 million people in need of urgent assistance.
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There is a high risk of famine in multiple regions of Sudan if immediate action is not taken.
Hunger, stress, trauma, inadequate sanitation and other factors are converging to create a widespread humanitarian disaster with consequences that could last for generations.
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Rural households are especially hard hit by food shortages due to disrupted farming, limited access to markets and soaring food prices.
In Sudan, amid a growing humanitarian crisis caused by a year-long and ongoing war, neighbourhood organizations have stepped in as first responders, and to lead the call for peace.
Student protests on campuses are calling attention to atrocities in Gaza and challenging university administrators to divest. What is the best way forward that avoids unnecessary violence?
A United Nations agency known as UNRWA is the main player in crisis response in Gaza – but Israel will no longer work with UNRWA, and border crossings are not consistent in getting aid through.
In Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the globe, famine affects increasing numbers of people.
Catherine Colonna’s report has been angrily rejected by the Israeli government.
This isn’t the first time the US military has turned to building a pier to help reach people during times of war or other crises.
For centuries, colonial powers have used starvation as a tool to control Indigenous populations and take over their land and wealth. A look back at two historic examples on two different continents.
The situation in Gaza grows more desperate by the day.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
We speak with Hilal Elver, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and current University of California professor about the looming famine in Gaza after months of Israeli attacks.
During the Tudor period, religious beliefs shaped people’s attitudes towards food and food waste.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
Food security experts recommend that rural farmers in Malawi be given access to irrigation systems to free them from reliance on rain, and find ways outside farming to earn an income.
The Ukraine war’s impact on food insecurity is critical, but there is more to the picture. The main problem is that capitalism allows food and other basic needs to become precarious commodities.
An analysis of over 1,000 headlines shows key differences in how US media portray the aggressors and victims in the two conflicts.
Top contributors
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Professor Emeritus of Food Security, Tufts University
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Professor Emeritus in Global Health & Humanitarian Affairs, University of Manchester
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Director of the Climate Hazards Center, University of California, Santa Barbara
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DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, Director of Food, Agriculture & Society Program, Macalester College
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Russian and East European Studies, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor, History, La Trobe University
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Catedrático de Nutrición y Bromatología del Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universitat de València
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Professor of Geography, Ghent University
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Research Professor and Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Adjunct Professor of African Security Studies, University of Juba
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Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, Harvard University
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Researcher, Ghent University; Oregon State University
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London