cottonbro studio/Pexels Food banks in key swing states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin are reporting an āincrease in demandā from people waiting in lines for food. Several officials from food banks and organizations that work to bring an end to hunger explained to NBC News that they have seen an increase in the number
Haitiās Gang War Pushes Hunger to Worst Levels on Record
April 23, 2024 by
International humanitarian experts said on Friday that Haitiās gang war has pushed food insecurity to record levels in the long-suffering country, with conditions very close to the technical definition of famine reported in several areas. Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a multi-partner initiative established in 2004 to measure and quantify food insecurity, raised the
Health of Muammar Qaddafi’s son deteriorating 3 days after starting hunger strike to protest detention
August 11, 2023 by
The health of a son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Qaddafi was deteriorating three days into a hunger strike to protest his detention in Lebanon without trial, his lawyer said Tuesday. Hannibal Qaddafi was suffering from headaches, muscle pain and difficulties moving around, his lawyer Paul Romanos said. He started his hunger strike Saturday. He […]
HUNGER In Venezuela – Declining Economic Freedom Has Consequences
August 9, 2016 by
TORONTO – The tragedy unfolding in Venezuela is a result of eroding economic freedom in that country over the past 40 years, according to a new publication released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. āWhen governments reduce economic freedom, as theyāve done in Venezuela, first under crony capitalism and […]
