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Aid access to Sudan's famine-hit Zamzam camp blocked: UN

China.dot.org 20 Mar 2025
UNITED NATIONS, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Armed rebels have isolated Sudan's massive Zamzam displaced persons camp -- already famine-blighted -- by choking the water supply and blocking aid efforts, a UN spokesman said on Thursday ... Enditem .
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Food crisis hits Gaza … Depletion of stocks threatens real famine

PIC 20 Mar 2025
Osama Amer says that goods have gradually disappeared from the markets, and what is available is sold at doubled prices, reminiscent of the first famine during the genocide war ... First stages of famine.
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Gaza officially enters 1st stage of famine amid Israeli blockade

Anadolu Agency 19 Mar 2025
The Gaza Strip has officially entered the first phase of famine amid Israeli curbs on the entry of humanitarian aid into the enclave, local authorities said on Wednesday.
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U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Hit Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Violence and Famine in Darfur

New York Times 18 Mar 2025
Just weeks after the U.S. government suspended its work in massive foreign aid cuts announced in January, humanitarians say much of the damage to critical programs has already been done ... .
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Indigenous Canadian famine aid was 'hidden in plain sight'

RTE 17 Mar 2025
Donations to Irish people from indigenous communities in Canada during the Great Famine - valued at around €12,000 today - have been "hidden in plain sight", a professor has said ... "The ones that came after the famine were much better.".
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Gaza government sounds alarm over approaching famine

MENA FN 16 Mar 2025
(MENAFN) On Friday, the Gaza administration issued a stark warning regarding the looming threat of famine returning to the region, citing Israel's ongoing blocking of border access that restrict the ... .
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Famine forces families to consume animal forage in Sudan

MENA FN 16 Mar 2025
(MENAFN) On Thursday, UN humanitarians disclosed that families are famished in a camp located in the west of Sudan which is experiencing extreme food deprivation. They added that the families even ... .
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Limerick to host this year's National Famine Commemoration

Irish Central 15 Mar 2025
The event will take place in Kilmallock Famine Memorial Park on Saturday, May 17, 2025 ... .
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Rot: A History of the Irish Famine by Padraic X Scanlan - Interesting and new takes, and much to debate

The Irish Times 15 Mar 2025
Rot. A History of the Irish Famine. Author. 978-1472146878. Publisher. £25 ... He did not find her ... Perhaps he was ... He would have been forgotten but that, in 1890, he composed a lengthy account of the Famine’s transformation of his homeplace ... READ MORE ... .
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Famine crisis deteriorates in Sudan's Zamzam camp: UN humanitarians

Suryaa 15 Mar 2025
United Nations, March 14 (IANS) Starving families in famine-struck west Sudan have been forced to eat animal feed, UN humanitarians have said ... "The camp, where famine was confirmed last year, is ...
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Hamas spokesman: Gaza is on the verge of famine

PIC 14 Mar 2025
“Unless the international community shoulders its responsibility toward the Gaza Strip, its inhabitants would again slip into famine in the holy month of Ramadan,” al-Qanu underlined ... ....
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Gaza government warns of imminent famine as humanitarian crisis deepens

Yeni Ṣafak 14 Mar 2025
Around 80% of Palestinians have lost access to food, according to government's media office .
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Sudan crisis: Families eat animal feed amid severe famine

The Siasat Daily 14 Mar 2025
Starving families in famine-struck west Sudan have been forced to eat animal feed, UN humanitarians have said ... “The camp, where famine was confirmed last year, is estimated to be hosting some 500,000 displaced people,” OCHA said.
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