The Hunger

The UN Security Council is meeting on Sudan as the country's civil war expands, with drone strikes killing civilians in El Obeid and the Blue Nile region. Fighting has spread across Darfur and Kordofan, pushing famine risk higher in what the UN calls the world's largest hunger and displacement crisis. The session focuses on how the international community can respond to mounting civilian casualties and food insecurity.

UN-backed reporting highlights the double role of women in Sudan's war: they are described as the first to suffer under siege conditions, yet also the first to step up as frontline responders. Aid officials and humanitarian organisations are drawing attention to women's displacement, hunger and exposure to violence, while praising their work delivering food, medical care and community support as conflict and famine conditions worsen across the country.

Residents in Gaza are described as scavenging through garbage to find food as hunger deepens across the territory. Accounts on the ground are calling it a starvation crisis unfolding in front of an unresponsive international community, urging concrete action, donations and wider attention rather than statements of concern.

Families queuing at a bread distribution point on the outskirts of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, were left empty-handed on Friday morning after no loaves were available for them. An account describing the scene calls it a tragedy that repeats itself, appealing for support, donations and humanitarian aid as hunger persists across the enclave.

A new report highlights a severe hunger crisis affecting Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sudan and Yemen, with millions of people facing food insecurity across the four countries. The findings point to worsening access to food, driven by conflict, economic hardship and displacement. Viewers are reacting to the scale of the crisis and calling for international aid and urgent humanitarian action in the affected regions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing renewed demands to step down as severe hunger spreads across Gaza, where bakeries have shut their doors and residents struggle to find food. Critics are urging Israelis to vote him out of office, tying the humanitarian crisis in Gaza directly to his government's conduct of the war.

The Trump administration has removed 13% of Americans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from food stamps, according to The Guardian. The change follows the One Big Beautiful Act taking effect, and stakeholders warn that more people are now at risk of food insecurity as a result of the cuts to benefits and eligibility.

A man detained at an immigration detention center in Georgia has died while a hunger strike by detainees continues. Reports have not yet detailed the circumstances of his death or whether it was connected to the protest, which inmates have mounted over conditions and treatment at the facility. Advocates and observers are calling for an investigation as the strike goes on.

Gaza is facing a renewed famine threat in November after border crossings remained closed for more than two weeks. Fresh fruit and vegetables are disappearing from markets, while flour, rice and oil are scarce and prices have soared. World Food Programme assistance has been severely disrupted, and families are being pushed deeper into hunger as aid agencies warn conditions are deteriorating rapidly.

The World Food Programme says it has stopped providing food assistance to around 500,000 people in Gaza because of funding shortfalls. The agency warns that supplies are running critically low as the humanitarian crisis in the territory deepens, and aid organisations are appealing urgently for donations to resume distributions to vulnerable families.

Foodbank's annual Hunger Report has found that 100,000 more Australian households experienced food insecurity in the past year, according to the ABC's coverage. The findings point to growing pressure on households from cost-of-living pressures, with charities and food relief services expected to face increased demand.

A family in Gaza is appealing for $200 to buy flour and food for their children, saying they are facing hunger and asking people to donate or share their fundraising appeal. The plea, posted with a link to a crowdfunding page, reflects ongoing food shortages in the territory, where many families rely on small online donations for basic supplies.

A new global coalition, backed by The Rockefeller Foundation, is calling for urgent action as funding for food and nutrition security data systems declines worldwide. The group warns that shrinking investments in data collection undermine efforts to track hunger and malnutrition and to respond effectively to food crises, urging governments and donors to prioritise these systems.

Sudan is facing a severe child malnutrition crisis, with mothers describing how their children became 'very skinny and weak' as the country's civil conflict devastates food supplies and health services. Aid organisations are racing to deliver treatment to children at risk of starvation, but access and funding remain major obstacles across the war-torn country.

One year after the ceasefire agreement brokered with US backing, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,400 people in Gaza, according to figures being shared widely online. The same reports say nearly two million people still lack adequate shelter, no hospital in the territory is fully functioning, and 1.4 million face crisis-level hunger. Commenters are citing the figures to argue that the ceasefire has failed to halt the humanitarian collapse in Gaza.

Severe hunger is spreading across Gaza as bakeries shut down, leaving residents with dwindling access to bread and other basic food. Aid agencies and residents report worsening shortages, with families struggling to secure even a single daily meal. The closures have intensified fears of famine, and humanitarian organisations are calling for urgent deliveries of flour and fuel to resume food production.

People are reacting angrily to reported cuts to food stamp benefits under the Trump administration, described in a Guardian report. One widely shared reaction calls the situation atrocious and says the person donated to their local food bank in response. Discussions are centering on hunger in the US and how cuts to SNAP support will affect families already struggling to afford groceries.

A mother, writing under the name Noreen Farwana, says tomorrow is her son Mohammed's birthday but she has no food for her children. She describes her younger son Ghaith chewing on his shirt from hunger and Mohammed crying and asking whether they will celebrate. She is appealing for $200 to buy food for the family.

Figures circulating online put the toll of starvation in Gaza between 2024 and October 2026 at 466 deaths directly from hunger, including 189 elderly people who died from lack of food and medical care and 157 children and infants, alongside 4,000 cases of miscarriage and severe malnutrition complications. Commenters are sharing the numbers as evidence of a humanitarian catastrophe and demanding accountability and aid access.

Israel is blocking flour shipments into Gaza, putting seven bakeries at risk of imminent closure and deepening an already severe food crisis in the territory. The claim is circulating widely among users discussing the humanitarian situation, with many framing it as part of broader restrictions on aid entering Gaza. Observers warn that bakery closures would cut off a key source of bread for the local population.

A mother in Gaza, writing under the name of a Gaza-verified account, describes being unable to feed her children Jouri and Hamza, who sit waiting for food in front of empty plates. She says no mother should face her children's hunger like this, as aid shortages and famine warnings continue across the territory.

Sudan's civil war continues to strain international relief efforts, with aid agencies struggling to reach civilians caught between warring parties. DW's coverage highlights how access restrictions, insecurity and funding shortfalls are limiting what humanitarian organisations can deliver, despite a worsening crisis. Commentators point to famine risks and mass displacement as aid operations fall far short of the country's needs.

Teachers in Gaza are continuing to educate children despite hunger, personal trauma and the widespread destruction of school buildings across the territory. Reporting by The New Arab details how educators are working to reverse years of lost learning, holding improvised classes amid the war's devastation and keeping some form of schooling alive for displaced students.

The World Food Programme has reduced aid to 500,000 people in Gaza, citing funding shortages. The agency says money has run dry as needs in the territory reach famine levels, forcing it to scale back distributions. Humanitarian groups warn the cuts will deepen hunger in the enclave, where the conflict has destroyed much of the local food supply and access remains heavily restricted.

Sudan is heading toward a serious food security crisis, with projections warning of a national grain deficit by 2027. The warning comes as the country continues to grapple with conflict and economic hardship that have disrupted farming and food supplies. Observers say urgent action will be needed to avert widespread hunger in the coming years.

Hamas has called on Arab governments to take concrete action against what it describes as widespread hunger in Gaza, while also condemning strikes that hit a university and killed people there. The statement ties the humanitarian crisis in the territory to broader Arab inaction and criticizes attacks on educational institutions as civilian casualties mount.

A man detained at an immigration detention center in Georgia has died while a hunger strike among detainees continues, according to a Guardian report. The death comes as Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces ongoing scrutiny over conditions in its facilities and its handling of detainees under the Trump administration. The reported strike suggests mounting protest inside the center, with critics linking the death to broader concerns about medical care and treatment of immigration detainees.