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Sudan: FAO scales up emergency response with seed distribution campaign targeting 7.5 million people
30/06/2025
A vital initiative to boost local food production and restore livelihoods amid ongoing conflict

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FAO and WFP early warning report reveals worsening hunger in 13 hotspots; five with immediate risk of starvation
16/06/2025
Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali remain hotspots of highest concern, and Democratic Republic of the Congo has returned as a hunger hotspot to watch


Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions – new report
16/05/2025
In 2024, over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories faced acute hunger—an increase of almost 14 million people compared to 2023, while the number of people facing catastrophic levels of hunger reached a record high
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FAO calls for urgent action to address widening famine in Sudan
06/01/2025
FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol briefs the UN Security Council on Sudan’s food crisis

Food and nutrition crisis deepens across Sudan as famine identified in additional areas
24/12/2024
FAO, WFP and UNICEF urge immediate humanitarian access and action to avert what could become the worst hunger crisis in recent history

New UN report warns of conflict-induced famine and catastrophic hunger in 5 major hotspots alongside the looming La Niña climate threat in others
31/10/2024
Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 22 countries and territories

Famine conditions in parts of Sudan: FAO urges at scale life-saving assistance to boost local food production
01/08/2024
In response to alarming new findings confirming famine conditions in parts of Darfur, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is urging an immediate cessation of hostilities, rapid scale up of life-saving food, nutrition and cash assistance as well as of the emergency agricultural aid.