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Babies in Tigray dying at four times pre-war levels, says study

Babies in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region are dying in their first month of life at four times the rate before the war cut off access to most medical care for more than five million people, according to the most sweeping study yet of how mothers ...

06 Oct 2022 at 11:08

More than a billion people in the world living with obesity – analysis

The number of people living with obesity worldwide has surpassed one billion, according to a global analysis. Research published by the journal The Lancet suggests that as of 2022, around 159 million children and adolescents and 879 million adults ...

29 Feb 2024 at 23:30

World

Violence-ravaged northern Nigeria battles new war against child malnutrition

Gunmen attacked Halima Musa’s village in Nigeria four years ago, killing her husband and one of their seven children. The family fled to the safety of a camp for displaced people, but now they are hungry. “It’s been more than one year since the ...

10 Jul 2022 at 11:19

Body-in-garden couple to be sentenced over death of three-year-old son

A couple who caused the death of their three-year-old son by denying him adequate food and then buried his body in their garden are due to be sentenced. Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah will appear in custody at Coventry Crown Court on Thursday, ...

12 Dec 2024 at 02:45

Couple show no emotion in court after starving and burying three-year-old son

A couple who caused the death of their three-year-old son by following an “extreme” vegan diet and then buried his body in their garden have both been handed lengthy jail terms. Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, aged 42 and 43, showed no ...

12 Dec 2024 at 16:30

World

Four Palestinians killed seeking aid as famine death toll rises

Israeli forces killed four aid seekers travelling on Sunday through a military zone south of Gaza City – an area regularly used by Palestinians trying to reach a food distribution point, a hospital and witnesses said. The deaths add ...

24 Aug 2025 at 11:41

Celebrity chefs urge Government to take action against malnutrition

Celebrity chefs have signed a letter urging the Government to take action against malnutrition, as an expert said it is “one of the most urgent concerns for child health in the UK”. On Tuesday, cook and author Meera Sodha will ...

04 Feb 2025 at 18:29

At least 78 killed amid Israeli strikes in Gaza as some aid restrictions eased

World

Israeli strikes kill 34 in Gaza after some aid restrictions eased

At least 78 Palestinians have been killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes or gunfire, according to local health officials, a day after Israel eased aid restrictions in the face of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the ...

28 Jul 2025 at 20:04

Scotland

Malnutrition in elderly rising and estimates just ‘tip of the iceberg’ – charity

Malnutrition in older people in Scotland is rising and official estimates are just “the tip of the iceberg”, a charity has warned. Food Train found 22% of the almost 600 over-65s it assessed between March and ...

21 Nov 2025 at 00:01

Ireland

Hunger crisis could kill more people in Sudan than civil war violence – charity

A hunger crisis could kill more people in Sudan than bullets from its “vicious” civil war, an Irish humanitarian worker who visited the country has said. An estimated 30 million people have been affected by ...

30 Dec 2024 at 11:46

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