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Global hunger monitor says there’s no longer a famine in Gaza

There is no longer famine in Gaza, a global hunger monitor said on Friday, after access for humanitarian and commercial food deliveries improved following a fragile Oct. 10 ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. The latest assessment by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) comes four …

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Famine declared in 2 more areas in Sudan, says hunger monitor

The world’s leading authority on food crises says it has detected famine in two areas of war-torn Sudan, including the city of El Fasher where paramilitary groups have reportedly been carrying out mass killings. In its report Monday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said famine is occurring in …

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Fear of famine looms after all Gaza bakeries run out of flour amid month-long Israeli blockade

Bakeries in the Gaza Strip shuttered Tuesday after running out of flour and diesel to operate, as a month-long Israeli blockade on food and aid entering the territory remains in place. Abdel Nasser Al-Ajrami, head of the Bakery Owners Association in the Gaza Strip, said the closure of remaining 19 bakeries …

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