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Since the beginning of June, ethnic violence has marred the western state of Arakan in Burma, killing more than 80 people and displacing 90,000. The target of this violence: an ethnic minority that has been brutally persecuted for years.

The Black Sea Grain Initiative has allowed 32.9 million metric tons of grain to be exported from Ukraine since last August

The U.N.’s World Food Program says it is facing a shortage of funds and won’t be able to help 100,000 people in Haiti this month who urgently need assistance

The U.N.’s World Food Program says it is facing a shortage of funds and won’t be able to help 100,000 people in Haiti this month who urgently need assistance.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N.’s World Food Program announced Monday that it is facing a shortage of funds and won’t be able to help 100,000 people in Haiti this month who urgently need assistance. The 25% cut comes as a record 4.9 million people in the country of nearly 11 million need […]

The U.N.’s World Food Program announced Monday that it is facing a shortage of funds and won’t be able to help 100,000 people in Haiti this month who urgently need assistance. The 25% cut comes as a record 4.9 million people in the country of nearly 11 million need help with finding food, the agency…

Russia has suspended a wartime deal designed to move grain from Ukraine to parts of the world where millions are going hungry

Photo (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP) LONDON (AP) — Russia

The grain deal between Ukraine and Russia has been described as a “lifeline for the 79 countries and 349 million people on the frontlines of food insecurity”. 

A war between military factions in Sudan is putting at risk the production of staple crops this year, farmers in several states say, threatening to drive the African nation deeper into hunger and poverty. Reuters spoke to more than a dozen people including farmers, experts, and aid workers who reported delays in planting crops such…