Famine - The Canadian Media

Sudan’s crisis worsens with spread of Famine conditions: Security Council

January 7, 2025January 7, 2025 - by cmedia

Human suffering in Sudan has reached devastating levels, with over 11.5 million people internally displaced and 3.2 million seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. Addressing the Security Council on Monday, Edem Wosornu, Director of …

South Asia/Southeast Asia/China

Dire prospect of famine in Rakhine signals wider crisis in Myanmar, shows UN report

November 8, 2024November 8, 2024 - by cmedia

#Myanmar, #Rakhine, #Rohingya Up to two million people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state face the dire prospect of famine, amid a broader economic collapse and worsening humanitarian crisis triggered by the military’s 2021 …

Polical Science

Colonialism, starvation and resistance: How food is weaponized, from Gaza to Canada

November 3, 2024November 3, 2024 - by cmedia

For more than a year, the Israeli state has been engaged in a massive incursion into Gaza following the October 2023 Hamas attack against Israel. In March 2024, Francesca Albanese, the …

Foreign / Humanitarian

WFP appeals for re-opening of Ukraine ports to avert looming famine threat

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 - by cmedia

New York: Ports in the Odesa area of southern Ukraine must be re-opened urgently to prevent the global hunger crisis from spinning out of control, the World Food Programme (WFP) …

Climate change / Humanitarian

Growing risk of Somalia famine, as drought impact worsens

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 - by cmedia

Somalia/CMEDIA: The Horn of Africa is experiencing the worst drought since 1981, and a shortfall in aid funding is putting the lives of millions of Somalis in danger. Standing in …