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Learn about usThe latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis warns that 7.8 million people, nearly 55 per cent of South Sudan’s population are facing crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3+) between April and July 2026.
Read MoreThe Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Partnership (IPC) alerts today of famine-level acute malnutrition detected in two more localities in North Darfur, Um Baru and Kernoi. Just three months ago, the IPC warned that famine conditions would further spread.
Read MoreSomalia faces further suffering as a worsening drought and fighting force thousands from their homes. The latest IPC analysis shows hunger tightening its grip across the country, with more than 3.4 million people already in crisis levels of food insecurity, and 1.85 million children suffering acute malnutrition.
Read MoreNearly one third of Mali’s population of 22 million is in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and protection. These are among the highest levels the country has seen in a decade. Years of conflict, climate shocks, and economic hardship have converged into a deepening humanitarian emergency
Read MoreOn August 22, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) released a report that confirmed famine in Gaza City. Becky Ryan, CARE Response Director in Gaza, spoke to the Washington Post about the health conditions of women and children she met while in Gaza.
Read MoreCARE is there delivering lifesaving aid and defending the lives of families in crisis.
CARE's Chief Humanitarian Officer Deepmala Mahla published an opinion piece on Newsweek where she discusses how armed conflict and violence fuel hunger and starvation. Everywhere I went, I encountered women and girls. Questions lingered in the air, unspoken but unmistakable: "Are we less than human? Is that why the world has turned away?"
Read MoreAmid one of the worst hunger crises globally, Somalia’s humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate as funding decreases. With 4.6 million people forecasted to face severe levels of hunger by June, the number of severely malnourished children under five has jumped to 1.8 million from 1.7 million since the beginning of the year.
Read MoreIt has been more than two months since the Israeli government closed off all of Gaza’s border crossings, blocking the entry of lifesaving aid supplies and commercial goods. Stocks of food are running out, causing the prices of goods to increase by at least 400 percent and further deepening the humanitarian crisis and starvation across Gaza.
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