HUNGER

One billion meals thrown away every day in the world

Published on: March 27, 2024
13:45

Nairobi, Mar 27 (Prensa Latina) One billion daily meals ended up in household waste in 2022, while one-third of humanity experienced the drama of food insecurity, the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) said on Wednesday, with the warning of exposing conservative estimates.

Hunger kills more children in Gaza, WHO warns

Published on: March 20, 2024
11:16

Geneva, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) The number of newborns and children on the verge of death is increasing due to hunger, caused by five months of intense bombings by Israel on Gaza, and constant denials of access to aid, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.

Cuba denounces causes of global food insecurity

Published on: March 19, 2024
13:22

Havana, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) Food insecurity on a global scale has reached extreme levels, which are structurally worsened by the prevalence of an unjust and unequal international economic order, Cuba said today in a message to a regional forum.

FAO values CELAC’s efforts to crack down hunger

Published on: March 12, 2024
16:39

Havana, Mar 12 (Prensa Latina) The commitment against hunger and malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean advanced with the recent update of the CELAC plan, a United Nations expert deemed on Tuesday.

UN rapporteur accuses Israel of starving Gazans

Published on: March 1, 2024
08:58

Ramallah, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) The UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, accused Israel of starving to death the population of the Gaza Strip.

Gaza authorities warn of famine among civilians

Published on: February 21, 2024
08:44

Ramallah, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) At least 700,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip suffer from a critical lack of food, which may lead to their death, authorities in the territory warned.

Latin America and Caribbean update food plan

Published on: January 22, 2024
14:22

Havana, Jan 22 (Prensa Latina) The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is working on updating a plan on food and nutritional security with horizons until 2030, which today endorses the relevance of regional cooperation.

Gaza faces catastrophic levels of food insecurity

Published on: December 21, 2023
16:07

United Nations, Dec 21 (Prensa Latina) Gaza faces catastrophic levels of food insecurity as the risk of famine surges every day, the Global Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Association warned on Thursday.

UN: Over 20 million people face severe hunger in Sudan

Published on: November 11, 2023
08:09

United Nations, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) More than 20 million people are currently facing severe hunger and depend on humanitarian assistance to survive in Sudan, according to estimates by the UN World Food Program (WFP).

FAO: 43.2 million people suffer from hunger in LatAm, Caribbean

Published on: November 9, 2023
16:27

Santiago de Chile, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) The new United Nations report, Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023, states that 6.5% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean suffers from hunger, or 43.2 million people.

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