Sudan¡¯s war has triggered the world¡¯s largest hunger crisis, as the fighting continues to devastate lives and livelihoods. More than half the population (26 million) is now facing acute hunger ¨C including 755,000 people facing catastrophic conditions, with hunger-related deaths already being recorded. One in every two Sudanese is struggling to put enough food on their plates every single day.
Sudan¡¯s war has set off the world¡¯s largest hunger crisis, as the fighting continues to devastate lives and livelihoods. More than half the population (26 million) is now facing crisis levels of hunger ¨C and around 755,000 people face catastrophic conditions, with hunger-related deaths already being recorded. One in every two Sudanese is struggling to put enough food on their plates every single day.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ operations are being severely impacted by the escalation of fighting in the south and centre of Gaza. The limited flow of humanitarian assistance and the breakdown of law and order is pushing Southern Gaza towards the same extreme hunger that was seen before in the north as the military incursion into Rafah is having a devastating impact.
The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is urgently expanding its emergency food and nutrition assistance in war-torn Sudan amid the looming threat of famine, as conditions for civilians deteriorate and fighting intensifies in battle zones like El Fasher and Khartoum.
Despite ongoing unrest and attacks by armed groups in Haiti, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been ramping up operations in Port-au-Prince, assisting communities affected by violence. Over 93,000 people were assisted in May through a large-scale food distribution in Cit¨¦ Soleil, one of the most vulnerable, insecure and hard-to-reach neighbourhoods of the capital.
The most recent El Ni?o event is one of the five strongest on record and has led to significant alterations in weather patterns around the world exacerbating the impacts of the global climate crisis, resulting in more frequent and intense droughts, floods and tropical cyclones.
The escalation of military activity in Rafah, southern Gaza, has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, making life even harder for thousands of families who have already been displaced several times
Port-au-Prince ¨C Amidst ongoing violence in Haiti, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ has rapidly expanded its food assistance, reaching more than half a million people since the start of the current crisis in March this year.
As we approach the 6-month mark in the conflict, famine is ever closer in the north of Gaza. Malnutrition among children is spreading at record pace, and one of three children below the age of two is now acutely malnourished or ¡°wasted¡±. Some 70 percent of the population in the North is facing catastrophic hunger
The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has managed to bring desperately needed food and nutrition supplies into Darfur, the first Â鶹ÊÓƵ assistance to reach the war-wracked region in months. Yet, the UN food agency warns that unless the people of Sudan receive a constant flow of aid via all possible humanitarian corridors the country¡¯s hunger catastrophe will only worsen.
Famine is imminent in the north of Gaza. Malnutrition among children is proceeding at record pace, and one of three children below the age of two is now acutely malnourished or ¡°wasted¡±. Parents are not eating for days at time so that their children can. Some 70 percent of the population in the North is facing catastrophic hunger. The choice is clear: surge or starvation. We need Israel to allow more routes into Gaza, including from the north, and use of Ashdod port. We need humanitarian staff and supplies to move freely, and the people of Gaza to access assistance safely. As famine closes in, an Israeli land offensive in southern Gaza would make our task even harder. We need a humanitarian ceasefire.
DRC¡¯s conflict-driven hunger crisis is worsening as violence in the eastern province¡¯s surges, forcing families to flee once again. More and more people are arriving at overcrowded camps where there is a lack of food, sanitation and shelter.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ is deeply concerned about an expanded Israeli military offensive in Rafah, where over a million people are crammed into a tiny area. As most aid is entering Gaza through Rafah and being distributed there, the offensive would further complicate relief efforts.
At least 25 million people are struggling with soaring rates of hunger and malnutrition as the crisis in Sudan sends shockwaves around the region, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warns today, with thousands of families being displaced and forced across borders into Chad and South Sudan each week.
The West Bank is grappling with escalating violence, arrests, and movement restrictions that impact hunger. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are losing their work permits and are unable to leave the West Bank, while commercial activity inside is limited. This puts the economy ¨C and the humanitarian situation - at risk of further deterioration.
Everyone in Gaza is hungry and each day is a desperate search for food. People often go the entire day and night without eating. Adults go hungry so children can eat. According to the latest data, the risk of famine increases each day as the conflict limits the delivery of life saving humanitarian assistance to people in need.
The fighting in Gaza has resumed and more people have been forced to leave their homes, inflicting further suffering on a population already facing a risk of famine and disease. The aid that crossed during the seven-day pause was still not enough to reach everyone in need. And for at least three days after the pause, no food supplies have entered Gaza.
Climate change continues to wreak havoc in Eastern Africa, a region with minimal emissions yet which bears the brunt of the global climate emergency. Five consecutive failed rainy seasons from 2020 to 2022 resulted in a devasting drought that pushed millions into food insecurity and malnutrition as livelihoods were destroyed at a massive scale ¨C damage that will take families and communities many years to recover.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ delivered desperately needed food to more than 120,000 people in Gaza during the initial pause in fighting but reiterated that the supplies it was able to provide were woefully inadequate to address the level of hunger seen by staff in the UN shelters and communities.
Thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan are crossing back into Afghanistan after the Government of Pakistan¡¯s announcement that all undocumented Afghans must leave the country by 1 November. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is providing emergency food assistance at border crossings with plans to assist more than a million vulnerable returnees in the coming months.
Chad is host to more than one million refugees - one of the largest and fastest-growing refugee populations in Africa. The recent conflict in neighbouring Sudan has driven hundreds of thousands more across the border. Despite humanitarian needs spiralling, resources available to respond are dwindling leaving aid groups with few options.
With only ten percent of necessary food supplies entering Gaza since the beginning of the conflict, people now face a massive food gap and widespread hunger as nearly the entire population is in desperate need of food assistance.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Executive Director, Cindy McCain issued an urgent plea from the Rafah border crossing for safe, expanded humanitarian access to Gaza as humanitarian needs skyrocket and critical food supplies reach dangerously low levels.
Since the explosion of gang violence began in July 2021 some 200,000 Haitians have been displaced by violence across the country. Since mid-August, a surge in fighting has forced another 40,000 people to flee their homes in the capital Port au Prince.
The catastrophic conditions facing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza risk getting worse still, due to severe fuel shortages which threaten to bring food and other humanitarian operations to a standstill
