Source link Millions in Zimbabwe will face food shortages this year as a result of a severe drought, according to the government Zimbabwe declared a national state of disaster on Wednesday, as a severe drought continues to affect the African nation. President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the country needs $2 billion in aid to feed millions […]
Source link A UN-backed report warns that mass death is imminent without an immediate ceasefire and food supplies Northern Gaza has already exceeded famine levels, the global hunger monitor said on Monday. Around 300,000 people remain trapped in the Palestinian enclave amid Israeli bombardment. The UN-backed report also warned that more than 70% of Gaza’s […]
Source link There are more obese people in the world than hungry ones – which may sound like a good thing, but it really isn’t World Obesity Day was marked this week and, with over a billion people afflicted worldwide, obesity is now considered more dangerous to global health than hunger. The numbers are staggering. […]
Source link Recent massacre of civilians lined up for food aid highlights deliberate nature of humanitarian catastrophe inflicted on Palestine Following the February 29 Israeli slaughter of at least 115 starving Palestinians lined up for food aid, there was little or no outrage by the same Western media which would have howled if the perpetrator […]
Source link Mariusz Kaminski insists that his sentence for abuse of power is politically motivated Former Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski has announced that he is on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment for abuse of power. Kaminski was spared a prison sentence when his party was in power, but a change of government saw […]
Source link A vessel has been loaded with more than 34,000 metric tons of potash at the port of Ventspils, Latvia, and it is currently heading to Nigeria, the press service of Uralchem Group said on Thursday. Uralchem Group, one of the largest fertilizer producers in Russia and the world, stated that it was donating […]
Source link Almost everybody in Gaza is facing “crisis levels” of hunger, and rates of disease among children have skyrocketed, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Amid the declining humanitarian situation, both Hamas and Israel have vowed to keep fighting. Around 93% of Gaza’s 2.28 million people are facing “crisis” or worse levels […]
Source link Over 23,000 metric tons of bulk potash and NPKS fertilizer intended for Zimbabwe have been fully loaded onto a vessel in the ports of Riga, Latvia, and Ghent, Belgium; the shipment is intended for humanitarian purposes, the press service of Uralchem Group said on Monday. Uralchemone of the largest fertilizer producers in Russia […]