The UN has warned that hunger is worsening in South Sudan five months after a peace deal signed aimed at ending a civil war.

Some 53 percent of Yemen’s population is facing severe acute food insecurity, a survey has revealed.

This edition of Economic Divide reviews India’s economic woes, particularly poverty and malnourishment.

Save the Children says for every child killed by bombs and bullets, dozens are starving to death amid the brutal war and blockade led by Saudi Arabia.

A seven-year-old severely malnourished Yemeni girl, whose picture recently further alerted the international community to the disaster-hit nation’s plight, has died amid the ongoing Saudi-led war on the country.

Four UN agencies responsible for supporting countries in Asia and the Pacific have published a joint report that sounds the alarm on hunger and malnutrition in the region.

The UN children's agency says more than seven million children face a serious threat of famine in Yemen.

Save the Children raises alarm at the humanitarian repercussions of renewed Saudi attacks on Hudaydah, saying a total of 5.2 million Yemeni children are at risk of famine.

The United Nations (UN) says world hunger rose in 2017 for a third consecutive year, fueled by conflict and climate change and jeopardizing a global goal to end the scourge by 2030.

More than one third of US college students say they cannot afford meals, with some even going whole days without eating, a new report suggests.