Tag: famine
Famine on rise in Near East and North Africa: FAO
JOHANESSBURG: Famine is on the rise in the Near East and North Africa with more than 52 million people undernourished, most of them in...
14 million ‘on brink of famine’ in Yemen: charities
Thirty-five Yemeni and international NGOs called Wednesday for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" in Yemen, where they warned 14 million people were now "on...
UN says danger of ‘big famine’ in Yemen
SANAA: The UN humanitarian chief warned on Tuesday that “there is a clear and present danger of an imminent and great big famine engulfing...
Govt employees charge locals for food aid in famine-hit Thar
BADIN: In a famine-hit desert, Tharparkar, where malnutrition has claimed lives of a large number of children, it has been found on Tuesday that...
UN, World Bank give cash to Yemen’s neediest to avert famine
AMMAN: The UN agency for children said Monday it has distributed cash to nearly 1.5 million families in war-battered Yemen to help avert the...
More than 8 million Yemenis ‘step away from famine,’ says UN
GENEVA: Warring sides must let more aid get through to 8.4 million people who are “a step away from famine” in Yemen, a senior...
Catastrophic famine in Yemen if Saudi aid blockade remains: UN
Yemen is facing a mass famine that will affect millions of lives unless the Saudi-led coalition ends its blockade and allows aid deliveries into...
South Sudan government to blame for famine, still buying arms: UN...
UNITED NATIONS: South Sudan's government is mainly to blame for famine in parts of the war-torn country, yet President Salva Kiir is still boosting...
Russian ‘food crematoria’ provoke outrage amid crisis, famine memories
Russian government plans for mass destruction of banned Western food imports have provoked outrage in a country where poverty rates are soaring and memories remain of famine during Soviet times.
Famine claims two more in Tharparkar
PDMA issues emergency warnings for drought to provincial departments, including agriculture, irrigation and food
At least two more children died on Sunday due to food...
FPCCI urges govt to immediately tackle Thar famine
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Acting President Shaukat Ahmed on Tuesday urged the government to announce immediately the necessary directives...
Three more Thari children die of malnutrition
One of the victims was just a month-old as she passed away along with the rest of the drought-affected children in Civil hospital of Mithi.
Tharpakar drought toll hits 65 as five more infants die
The ongoing drought has claimed around 500 lives in three years.
18 children die in Tharparkar in last 20 days
One more child died at Mithi Hospital on Friday raising the death toll in famine-hit District Tharparkar to 18 in the last 20 days....
Two children die of famine in Tharparkar
Two children died of famine in Mithi Civil Hospital on Wednesday.
According to the details, the deceased include a 5-year old Jam son of Ardaan...
Thar: Children death toll rises to 140 as 3 more die
The death toll of children from the Thar drought which brought on famine, malnutrition and disease has risen to 140, as three more infants...
Kudos to smile on hungry, silent faces
Supervisor of Tharparkar Relief Works Taj Haider has said that besides being affected by drought and deaths of children and livestock, the people of...
