Organization for Defending Victims of Violence :: hunger

Relief operations in western Mosul reaching ‘breaking point’ as civilians flee hunger, fighting – UN

The United Nations and its humanitarian partners in Iraq are scrambling to get emergency sites ready amidst a mass exodus from West Mosul, with nearly 700,000 civilians still living in the city...

03/18/2017 19:56

Saudi-led coalition responsible for 'worst cholera outbreak in the world' in Yemen: researchers

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The majority of deaths from Yemen's cholera outbreak have occurred in rebel-controlled areas cut off from supplies due to airstrikes and blockades by a...

08/23/2017 16:05

hunger - UN agency expanding camps around Mosul to cope with surge in displacement [This three-year-old boy arrived just two days ago at one of UNHCR’s camps for displaced families fleeing conflict in West Mosul. Photo: UNHCR/Caroline Gluck]

UN agency expanding camps around Mosul to cope with surge in displacement [This three-year-old boy arrived just two days ago at one of UNHCR’s camps for displaced families fleeing conflict in West Mosul. Photo: UNHCR/Caroline Gluck]

Amid a spike in new displacement triggered by the Iraqi military offensive to recapture western Mosul, the United Nations refugee agency is setting up new camps and expanding existing ones to...

03/08/2017 11:53

Unimpeded access, humanitarian funds urgently needed in Yemen – senior UN relief official

Voicing concern over lack of humanitarian access – particularly for medicine and medical supplies – in war-torn Yemen, a senior United Nations relief official has called on all parties to the...

05/09/2017 12:21

Urgent action needed to stave off ‘hunger crisis’ in Iraq – UN food relief agency

Warning that deepening food insecurity in Iraq could leave more than half the population facing “unprecedented levels” of vulnerability, the United Nations emergency food relief agency called for...

04/12/2017 13:47

Urging ‘bold decisions’ to end Yemen conflict, UN envoy says viable peace plan within reach

Amid attacks and counter-attacks in Yemen, those seeking a military solution will only prolong the suffering caused by the war, allow the terrorist threat to grow and deepen the challenges that...

01/27/2017 19:22

Yemen ‘one of worst hunger crises in the world,’ UN-supported study finds

An estimated 17 million people in Yemen are hungry, according to analysis released today by the United Nations and humanitarian partners, up more than 20 per cent in the past nine months.

03/17/2017 13:13