Food Crisis
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Gaza war thrusts additional 1.74 mn people into poverty: UN
TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – Now in its seventh month, the war in the Gaza Strip pushed an additional 1.74 million people into poverty with the poverty rate at 58.4%, the UN development agency said in its report.
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Risk of food crisis in Gaza grows day by day: UN FAO
TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations warned that the risk of a food crisis in the Gaza Strip remains at the highest level.
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Hunger killed at least 500 children in war-torn Sudan
TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) – At least 498 children in Sudan and likely hundreds more have died from hunger, including two dozen babies in a state orphanage, as critical services run out of food or close, said Save the Children.
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Heat or Eat; that is the question?
TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – No, we didn't get the headline wrong! This is not Yemen or the Gaza Strip both under an all-out military blockade where food can't enter like in other parts of the world.
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UN:
Food insecurity threatens an entire generation in Afghanistan
TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – People in Afghanistan are today facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of "unparalleled proportions", the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator said on Tuesday.