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Press releases and statements
Read the latest press releases, news and statements from our Media team.
New data warns of imminent life-threatening hunger in northern Gaza
Last week, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee issued an urgent warning: northern Gaza is now facing a ‘worst-case scenario’ for famine
Action Against Hunger supports launch of DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal
Action Against Hunger joins forces with the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to raise urgent funds to help people affected by the escalating conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.
“A year ago, there was no malnutrition.” Hunger levels on the rise one year into Gaza conflict as winter looms
One year into the conflict, Action Against Hunger is expanding its humanitarian assistance to reach the most vulnerable families in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.
Millions remain at risk following devastating floods in Nepal
Action Against Hunger has mobilised an emergency response and is urging the international community to unite to deliver immediate and sustained relief efforts.
Action Against Hunger expands humanitarian aid in Lebanon as hostilities escalate
According to estimates, thousands were forced from their homes due to the air strikes on Monday, which marked the deadliest day in Lebanon since the country's 1990 civil war.
Severe flooding devastates West and Central Africa, threatening millions of livelihoods
Communities in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon are in desperate need of food, clean water, shelter, health services, and protection.
Restaurant and hospitality sector unite to turn the table on global hunger
During the Love Food Give Food campaign, restaurants invite diners to voluntarily add £1 to their bill, which can provide a mother with a day’s worth of life-saving ready-to-use therapeutic food to treat a malnourished child.
Nearly 100,000 people in Lebanon are internally displaced
Since the increased exchanges of fire along the border, Action Against Hunger swiftly mobilised its teams to respond to the emergency.
UN says famine conditions present in Sudan
Action Against Hunger calls for emergency funding for food and nutrition programmes in Sudan’s hardest hit regions
Action Against Hunger launches new partnership with IHG Hotels & Resorts to tackle food insecurity and malnutrition
The new partnership comes at a pivotal time, as conflict, climate change and poverty mean the world is not on track to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger by 2030.
New UN report shows 733 million people are food insecure
Hunger is increasing in Africa at an alarming rate, where one in every 5 people is hungry, while the political commitment to financing assistance programs that address hunger’s root causes is waning