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Hunger being used as weapon in Sudan war, humanitarian organisations say
Sudan’s hunger crisis is world’s largest with more than 25 million people suffering acute food insecurity
Israel-Hamas war: First aid ship leaves for Gaza as agencies say population on brink of famine
UN officials say sea project cannot replace the delivery of humanitarian aid by land from Egypt and Jordan
Israel-Hamas war: US vetoes UN resolution demanding humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza
Israeli military orders two neighbourhoods of Gaza City to evacuate amid mounting desperation
US strikes Yemen again as Red Sea clashes heighten risk of wider suffering
Houthi militia says it will continue attacking ships in the Red Sea until Israel ends its war in Gaza
The Donegal woman who talked to the Taliban: ‘There was one leader with only one eye. He made me move so I would be out of the line of sight’
From Afghanistan to South Sudan and Nairobi, the practical and dauntless Mary Ellen McGrogarty of the World Food Programme focuses on respecting the dignity and individuality of people in desperate need
Step away from the bin and read our quick guide to reducing food waste
Top tips and new ways of using up five of the most wasted foods – old bread, leafy greens, potatoes, fruit and milk
Samantha Power: Ireland punches above its weight against global hunger. But the fight isn’t over
Irish leadership was essential when Putin’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted global food systems
To survive, a woman searches through sand for peanuts farmers missed when harvesting
More than 200,000 Nigerians have taken refuge in Niger as thousands in west Africa experience catastrophic food insecurity
Christy Kinahan attended humanitarian conference in Egypt as ‘legitimate’ businessman
The drug trafficker posed as a ‘legitimate’ businessman and sought to buy $8m worth of planes in Egypt
Drug-trafficking boss Christy Kinahan tried to buy Egyptian air force planes
Kinahan tried to get residency status in Zimbabwe where he sought a licence to marry his long-term partner, new information shows
Tigray: almost one in three children under five malnourished, UN says
Nearly half the people in ‘severe’ need of food aid as aid groups struggle to reach the population because of insufficient fuel supplies
Odesa strike shows it will not be easy to export grain via ports —Ukraine
Russia says it struck Ukrainian warship and Harpoon missiles depot in Odesa - agencies
Russia continuing to ‘raise true hell’ in eastern Ukraine
Kyiv restores Danube River ports in emergency effort to get grain out
Food crisis knocks climate off top of Davos agenda
Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian ports ‘a weapon of war’ with global repercussions
Ukraine war stokes global food crisis that could last years, says UN
UN chief in talks on restoring Kyiv’s grain exports as tens of millions threatened
Ukraine focus diverts food aid from other crisis-stricken regions
WHO among bodies reminding of Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Afghanistan and Tigray
Putin misled by advisers on military’s poor performance in Ukraine – US
Russian forces bombard outskirts of Kyiv despite promise to scale back operations
People beginning to die of starvation in Mariupol, US tells United Nations
American official also warns of growing food security crisis eleswhere due to impact of war
The Irish Times view on the Ukraine war: Hitting the poorest
Effects of Russian invasion are already being felt as far away as Sierra Leone and Ghana
Russian forces bomb art school in Mariupol where 400 people took shelter
Claims Russian forces taken 4,000-4,500 Ukrainians forcibly across the border
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