In three countries now suffering severe food crises, Reuters found that governments or rebels have blocked or falsified the flow of data to the IPC or have tried to suppress its findings.

Vast areas of Gaza have been devastated by Israel's retaliatory assault on the territory after the October 7 attack last year by Hamas.

World Food Day raises global awareness and prompts action for those suffering from hunger.

To look away from Sudan, at this time, is tantamount to complicity.

Dickens, a literary luminary of his era, exposes the vicious cycle where hunger and desperation divide society, laying bare the inequities perpetuated by an exploitative system.

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In 1943, during World War Two, Bengal in British-run India was hit with a severe shortage of food.