Famine

Famine

The famine of 1943 was so brutal that it claimed at least three millions lives out of the population of sixty million. Photo: Wikipedia

Shadows of hunger: A quick look back at the biggest famines in history

From the Great Bengal Famine to today’s humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the shadows of hunger have haunted history. These devastating famines, driven by war, politics, climate, and policy failures,...

Floods in the north destroyed crops, but it was government failure under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman that ensured widespread starvation, which caused the famine in Bangladesh in 1974. Photo: Collected

Who is to blame for famines?: More than a century of man-made hunger

A child reacts surrounded by pots as Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, August 21, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

Famine has officially struck Gaza, says global hunger monitor

Palestinian doctor Ahmed Basal examines a child for malnutrition at Al-Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City, 7 August, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Famine plays out in Gaza as children denied nourishing food supplements

Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, August 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

More Gazans die seeking aid and from hunger; burial shrouds in short supply

CA at the official inauguration of the Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025 this morning (9 April). Photo: CA Press Wing

Yunus becomes emotional while talking about 1974 famine 

A displaced Sudanese woman rests inside a shelter at Zamzam camp, in North Darfur, Sudan, August 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Jamal Jebrel/File Photo

UN seeks $6 billion to ease hunger catastrophe in Sudan

Sudanese people, who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region, cross the border between Sudan and Chad in Adre, Chad August 4, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Sudan drops out of hunger-monitor system on eve of famine report

File Photo: Palestinian women and girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip Friday, 6 December 2024. Photo: AP via UNB

Syria struggles; Gaza nears famine, WFP warns

A volunteer distributes food to people in Omdurman, Sudan, September 3, 2023. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig/File Photo

UN World Food Program launches investigation into its Sudan operations as famine spreads

A displaced Sudanese child pours water at Zamzam camp, in North Darfur, Sudan, August 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Jamal Jebrel/File Photo

Sudan's government denies famine exists in Darfur's Zamzam camp

A handout photograph, shot in January 2024, shows a woman and baby at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. Photo: MSF/Mohamed Zakaria/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Sudan's famine-stricken Zamzam camp hit by devastating floods

A doctor checks Jana Ayad, a malnourished Palestinian girl, as she receives treatment at the International Medical Corps field hospital, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir Al-Balah in the southern Gaza Strip, June 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

UN experts say famine has spread throughout Gaza