UN:Global hunger crisis worsens in 2023
by Shafaqna English
Shafaqna English— Shafaqna English-The Global Report on Food Crises reveals that nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023. The UN report on Wednesday said 24 million more people faced an acute lack of food than in 2022, due to the sharp deterioration in food security, especially
CNN—People eating ‘grass and peanut shells’ in Darfur, UN says, as hunger crisis engulfs war-ravaged Sudan. Time is running out to prevent starvation in Darfur, in western Sudan, a UN agency has warned, as escalating violence devastates the African nation. People have been forced to consume “grass and peanut shells,” the regional director for Eastern Africa of the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. “If assistance doesn’t reach them soon, we risk witnessing widespread starvation and death in Darfur and across other conflict-affected areas in Sudan,” Michael Dunford added. Sudan has been gripped...
www.plenglish.com—UN: Sexual violence in conflicts with dramatic upsurge in 2023. United Nations, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations (UN) recorded a dramatic upsurge in sexual violence in conflicts in 2023 by chacking 688 cases, the Special UN Representative Pramila Patten assured on Tuesday. The post UN: Sexual violence in conflicts with dramatic upsurge in 2023 first appeared on Prensa Latina.
www.plenglish.com—Cuban President stresses the need for unity ahead of global crisis. Havana, May 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Thursday laid stress on the pressing need to foster unity and international solidarity in order to face serious problems the world is facing. The post Cuban President stresses the need for unity ahead of global crisis first appeared on Prensa Latina.