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War in Sudan
8/6/2024 2:22:10 PM
Heavy rains have triggered building collapses that have killed nine people in northern Sudan, as the country reels from almost 16 months of fighting between rival security forces, a medic told AFP Tuesday.
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World
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War in Sudan
5/4/2024 12:15:43 PM
The United Nations food agency warned Sudan’s warring parties late Friday that there is a serious risk of widespread starvation and death in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan if they don’t allow humanitarian aid into the vast western region.
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Africa
4/16/2024 4:01:52 PM
The UN appealed Tuesday for pledges to address the "critical" humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, where more than 21 million people need aid, and a dire food crisis is deepening.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/18/2024 4:30:43 PM
The United Nations, which warned Monday of a "catastrophic" food crisis for more than one million people in Gaza, uses strict criteria to declare a famine.
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World
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Africa
2/7/2024 12:45:33 PM
The UN’s World Food Program says it aims to reach up to 3 million Ethiopians affected by climate change and conflict in the coming weeks, half the number it supported in the East African country before the agency introduced a lengthy aid suspension last year.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/9/2023 4:57:19 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi addressed the growing challenge of the food crisis in the African continent in the mini Africa-Europe summit held on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi on Saturday, the Egyptian presidency announced.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/24/2023 10:57:15 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly outlined on Thursday Egypt’s vision for the cooperation between the BRICS bloc and developing countries, stressing the importance of concerted efforts to address the challenges facing developing countries, especially the food crisis.
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World
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Africa
8/2/2023 2:03:26 PM
The heads of UN food and agriculture agencies wrapped up a three-day visit to South Sudan Tuesday, calling for increased investments in the country to avoid a catastrophic food crisis.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/31/2023 10:15:00 PM
Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Black Sea Grain Initiative threatens a sharp decline in the supplies of essential foodstuffs and a severe global food crisis.
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World
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Region
7/29/2023 11:05:07 AM
The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official said late Friday.
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World
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Africa
7/27/2023 7:48:49 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin told leaders and officials from most African countries Thursday that his nation is making full efforts to avert a global food crisis despite concerns that its withdrawal from a deal allowing grain shipments from Ukraine will cause price spikes.
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World
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Africa
7/25/2023 1:26:14 PM
Moscow has over the past several years strengthened its presence in Africa, vowing to intensify grain exports, weapons deliveries and energy cooperation ahead of the upcoming Russia-Africa Summit that will be held in St. Petersburg from 27-28 July.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/22/2023 6:40:31 PM
Russia said Friday that it understood the concerns African nations may have after Moscow left the Ukrainian grain deal, promising to ensure deliveries to countries in need.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/22/2023 6:03:27 PM
Russia has repeatedly fired missiles and drones at Ukrainian ports key to sending grain to the world. Moscow has declared large swaths of the Black Sea dangerous for shipping. Even the U.S. said ships are at risk of being targeted.
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World
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Region
7/22/2023 5:00:00 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he wants to convince his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to re-join an agreement on Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea, which Moscow declined to renew.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/15/2023 11:02:40 AM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed confidence Friday on the prospects of an extension to the deal that allows Ukraine to export its grain and ease a global food crisis.
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World
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Region
7/13/2023 10:07:40 PM
Syrians in the country's last rebel enclave expressed alarm after the United Nations Security Council failed to renew an aid delivery mechanism to the area, imperilling critical humanitarian assistance.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/12/2023 5:46:44 PM
Concerns are growing that Russia will not extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to parts of the world struggling with hunger, with ships no longer heading to the war-torn country's Black Sea ports and food exports dwindling.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/6/2023 7:14:34 PM
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni discussed the global food crisis and refugee flows, Spokesperson for the Presidency Ahmed Fahmy announced on Thursday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/4/2023 6:35:38 PM
Russia said Tuesday that it saw no reasons for extending an accord that allows Ukraine to export grain through the Black Sea, while criticising alleged obstacles to its own exports of agricultural products.
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