Refugees in Africa Fight Over Food as U.S. Aid Cuts Take Hold | World News

Refugees in Africa Fight Over Food as U.S. Aid Cuts Take Hold | World News

At Uganda’s sprawling Kiryandongo refugee settlement, residents who had fled South Sudan attacked the mud-and-tarpaulin shelters of new arrivals from Sudan, stealing food, killing one and injuring almost 100, according to doctors and witnesses. Raiders hit Makkal Abdul Aziz’s hut at dinnertime, stealing the porridge and bread she was feeding her six children, the one…

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Malaysia, Bangladesh among regional partners sending peace mission to Myanmar

DHAKA (Reuters) -Malaysia, Bangladesh and some regional partners will send a joint delegation to Myanmar to push for peace and humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees, the Southeast Asian nation’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday. Bangladesh shelters more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in camps in its southeastern district of Cox’s Bazar, the world’s…

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How Did Hunger Get So Much Worse in Gaza?

How Did Hunger Get So Much Worse in Gaza?

Sources: COGAT, SoP Nutrition Cluster, ACLED Note: All July data is incomplete. Malnutrition data has about a two-week delay. Over the past several weeks, obtaining food in Gaza has been more than difficult — it has been deadly. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while heading toward aid sites, many of them by Israeli forces….

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