The cases of malnutrition among Afghan children have reached nearly 47 percent since January this year.In its report, Save the Children organization mentioned that it treated nearly 2,500 impoverished children in January, and now the number has incre...

By AFPGrain prices have dropped sharply from the record highs they reached following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but another menace to global food security remains: a shortage of fertiliser.The conflict sparked fears of famine in poorer countries r...

By AFPThe first UN-chartered vessel set to transport grain from Ukraine under a deal to relieve a global food crisis should dock in Ukraine on Friday, the United Nations said.The MV Brave Commander, which left Istanbul on Wednesday, is due to arrive...

By AFPFrom a makeshift camp in Ethiopia's Afar region for people displaced by war, herder Abdu Robso stares in bewilderment at the food aid trucks rolling up the nearby hill towards Tigray."Why is this food going to Tigray and not feeding us," the hu...

By AFPThe first shipment of Ukrainian grain left the port of Odessa on Monday under a deal aimed at relieving a global food crisis following Russia's invasion of its neighbour, the Turkish defence ministry said."The ship Razoni has left the port of O...

By AFPIn bankrupt Lebanon, Khalil Mansour has to queue for hours every day just to buy bread for his family and some days he can't afford any.In a country which once boasted the nickname "Switzerland of the Middle East" for its thriving banking secto...

By AFPUS aid chief Samantha Power on Monday promised $1.18 billion to help avert famine in the Horn of Africa and urged other nations including China to do more to fight a food crisis aggravated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Power voiced alarm that...

By AFPRussia's blockade of Ukrainian ports threatens grain supplies to tens of thousands of people vulnerable to starvation and must end, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned Monday."It's an issue of life and death for many human beings. And...

By AFPHis hair is neatly combed but his cheeks are sunken and veins visible on his gaunt frame: like many Sri Lankans, Milton Pereira and his family cannot afford to buy enough food.During the country's worst-ever economic crisis, which has driven ra...

By AFPTurkey said it will host Russian and Ukrainian delegations together with UN diplomats on Wednesday to discuss the resumption of stalled grain deliveries across the Black Sea.The four-way meeting with Turkish officials comes with food prices aro...

The EU must brace for new waves of migrants forced to uproot because of the food crisis aggravated by the war in Ukraine, the bloc's border agency chief warned Monday.While Ukrainian refugees were being handled well, "we have to prepare also for refu...

World food prices, including for wheat, fell in June for a third month running despite remaining near an all-time high, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday.Export flow disruptions resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine...