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The Refugee Crisis is a Hunger Crisis

The global refugee crisis is skyrocketing. According to the most recent UN High Commissioner for Refugees' annual report, the number of refugees worldwide in 2022 stood at a record 108.4 million, up 19.1 million from a year earlier, representing the largest-ever increase.

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Global Hunger Index Score: Pakistan slips to 26.1 from 38.1; ranks 99th among 121 countries

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) has ranked Pakistan as one of the most severe nations in the world that suffer from the brunt and heat of food insecurity, undernourishment and malnutrition and high child mortality rates. To combat these challenges, organizations such as Action Against Hunger and Islamic Relief are tackling hunger in Pakistan.

Big World News

Russia escalates drone attacks on Ukraine’s vital grain storage

Jean-Michel Grand, executive director of Action Against Hunger UK, said: “It is deeply concerning to see hunger used as a tool in geopolitical conflicts, at a time when ensuring access to nutritious food should be a global priority.”

Code List

Three out of 10 children in Honduras are malnourished

These are the findings of a study that assessed the household food security situation, nutritional status of children aged 6 to 59 months and feeding practices of infants and children under two years of age in 119 municipalities in four priority regions, conducted by El National Institute of Statistics (INE), The United Nations system in Honduras and Action Against Hunger.

The New Humanitarian

Filipino farmers’ profits disappear, and hunger looms

National averages mask regional differences in hunger and poverty levels that persist in remote islands and mountains, said Suresh Murugesu, country director for Action Against Hunger Philippines. Parts of central and southern Philippines have hunger levels three to four times that of regions with the lowest levels.

Time.News

The Russian blockade that will bring famine to Africa

Action Against Hunger assured yesterday that the hiatus in the agreement -because everyone expects it to resume- “could be devastating for the Sahel”. Russia is thus punishing the innocent, those who have less, in a kind of global blackmail that can go wrong. Because Moscow has great interests in Africa, and its attitude can easily be interpreted as a neglect of its moral responsibility and indifference to the death it can cause thousands of kilometers from where it is fighting. The NGO already says it in its latest report: “No matter who is fighting, hunger always wins.”

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