Starvation spreads as Gaza faces deepening famine

Ahmed Al-Najjar Press TV, Khan Yunis Israel continues to weaponize food as part of its genocidal siege on Gaza. With shortages at their worst since the war began, families are locked in a daily battle against hunger.   Press TV’s website can also be …

Trump’s Yemen Surge: How Policy from DC Think Tanks Brought Famine Roaring Back

President Donald Trump’s new Yemen campaign is driving what experts call a spiraling humanitarian disaster, nearly doubling the previous administration’s costs while slashing aid and intensifying airstrikes. Under pressure from powerful Washington think …

FROM APRIL 29, WEEK OF COMMEMORATION OF VICTIMS OF 1946-47 FAMINE WILL BE HELD IN ALL MOLDOVAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

From April 29 to May 6, all Moldovan institutions of general, vocational, technical and higher education will hold a Week of Remembrance of Famine Victims to keep the memory of the organized famine of 1946-1947 alive. During this period, a commemorative …

Drought-prone Ganze women turn to Galla goats to beat famine

A herd of Galla goats at a holding bay in Ganze before they are distributed to women groups. Amua Women Group is one of the groups that benefited from the programme. [Levis Musumba] The first March rains have fallen gently. Tiny shrubs glisten, their …

Global crop failures and trade wars threaten mass famine by 2025, warns researcher David DuByne

Global crop failures and trade wars threaten mass famine by 2025, warns researcher David DuByne Climate researcher David DuByne predicts severe global food shortages by summer 2025 due to extreme weather, supply chain disruptions, and escalating trade wars …

Irish activists don famine statue in keffiyeh

Irish activists don famine statue in keffiyeh Pro-Palestine activists place a keffiyeh on an Irish potato famine memorial statue in the capital Dublin to raise awareness about the starvation inflicted on Gaza by a full Israeli blockade. Ireland is often …

'Deliberate famine' in Gaza: UNRWA

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, on Tuesday denounced the escalating “'deliberate famine” in Gaza, after 50 days of an Israeli-imposed blockade restricting …

GDT: Feast or Famine

Feast out of famine: cooking for Passover

I’m chopping up walnuts to mix with velvety black date syrup and cardamom to make charoset, the sweet, crunchy, sticky spread Jews eat on the first night of Pesach (Passover), which symbolises the cement Jewish slaves used in ancient Egypt. It isn’t just …

Two-month aid blockade leaves Gaza on verge of famine: UN

Jonathan Whittall, the head of the UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) in Gaza, says Israel’s “total and complete blockade” of the Strip, which is nearing the end of its second month, is causing “endless suffering”, reported Al Jazeera. “The coming days in …