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FILE - In this Saturday, May 22, 2021 file photo, Berhanu Nega, leader of the Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EZEMA) opposition party, attends an election rally at Agena town in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. The country is due to vote in a general election on Monday, June, 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)
Ethiopia finally set to vote as PM vows 1st fair election

Jun. 18, 2021 02:37 AM EDT

People wait in the stands to receive coronavirus vaccinations at the Kololo airstrip in Kampala, Uganda, Monday, May 31, 2021. As virus cases surge in the world's poorest countries, a sense of dread is growing among millions of the unvaccinated, especially those who toil in the informal, off-the-books economy, live hand-to-mouth and pay cash in health emergencies. (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki)
In poorest countries, surges worsen shortages of vaccines

By Rodney Muhumuza And Farai Mutsaka Jun. 17, 2021 02:17 AM EDT

A young boy looks up as displaced Tigrayans line up to receive food donated by local residents at a reception center for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Report on Tigray: 350,000 face famine, 2 million a step away

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 10, 2021 05:41 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2021 file photo, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz takes off his University of Minnesota cloth face mask to answer a question from a reporter during a press conference in St. Paul, Minnesota will lift nearly all its COVID-19 restrictions just before Memorial Day weekend and drop its statewide mask requirement once 70% of residents age 16 and older get their first dose of vaccine, but no later than July 1, Gov. Walz announced Thursday, May 6. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)
GOP makes fresh push to end Minnesota's emergency powers

By Steve Karnowski Jun. 02, 2021 10:21 AM EDT

UN warns Tigray faces famine risk if aid isn't scaled up

By Edith M. Lederer May. 26, 2021 07:30 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned the Security Council that the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region is worsening...

UN Security Council urges immediate cease-fire in Yemen

By Edith M. Lederer May. 12, 2021 09:26 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council called for an immediate halt to fighting in Yemen on Wednesday, saying that only a lasting cease-fire and...

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, a malnourished girl, Rahmah Watheeq, receives treatment at a feeding center at Al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. In a grim update to the U.N. Security Council Thursday, April 15, 2021, Mark Lowcock, the U.N. humanitarian chief warned that the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in Yemen is getting even worse with the COVID-19 pandemic “roaring back” in recent weeks as the Arab world’s poorest country faces a large-scale famine. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
UN says 155 million people faced severe hunger last year

By Edith M. Lederer May. 05, 2021 10:36 PM EDT

Tyler Perry, winner of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Pool)
Among the Oscar winners: 2 foundations that serve the needy

By Glenn Gamboa Apr. 26, 2021 11:29 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Apr. 26, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Columbus Dispatch. April, 23, 2021. Editorial: We can fight hunger together There is probably never a great time to ask...

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, a malnourished girl, Rahmah Watheeq, receives treatment at a feeding center at Al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. In a grim update to the U.N. Security Council Thursday, April 15, 2021, Mark Lowcock, the U.N. humanitarian chief warned that the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in Yemen is getting even worse with the COVID-19 pandemic “roaring back” in recent weeks as the Arab world’s poorest country faces a large-scale famine. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
UN warns COVID-19 is `roaring back' as Yemen faces famine

By Edith M. Lederer Apr. 15, 2021 02:43 PM EDT

Saudi university catches fire near Yemen border in attack

Apr. 15, 2021 04:17 AM EDT
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Saudi university near the country's border with Yemen caught fire early Thursday after the kingdom's air defenses intercepted a...

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a closing speech at the Sixth Conference of Cell Secretaries of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, April 8, 2021. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
Kim compares North Korea's economic woes to 1990s famine

By Hyung-Jin Kim Apr. 08, 2021 11:40 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 30, 2021, file photo, young unaccompanied migrants wait for their turn at the secondary processing station inside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, in Donna, Texas. U.S. authorities say they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March. It's the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor's hardline immigration tactics. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool, File)
EXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?

By Elliot Spagat Apr. 08, 2021 10:45 AM EDT

UN warns over 27 million Congolese suffer from acute hunger

By Edith M. Lederer Apr. 06, 2021 04:09 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Two U.N. agencies warned Tuesday that over 27 million people in Congo are suffering from acute hunger, a record high representing almost...

Rhode Island getting federal funds for hunger, rent relief

Apr. 05, 2021 10:59 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is getting about $40 million in federal relief funding to address the ongoing hunger crisis that has been made worse by...

Shafiqul Islam, 67, owner of Arrival Fashion Ltd., stands for a photograph at his factory in Gazipur, on the outskirts of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, March 13, 2021. Islam was studying business at Dhaka College in 1971 when a bloody and brutal war for independence ravaged Bangladesh. After undergoing guerrilla training in India, he returned to fight against Pakistani soldiers. “In 1971, we jumped in and never looked back because we knew independence had to come. Otherwise, this nation won’t survive,” he said. “But that wasn't the end. We still have a way to go but our heart is always with the motherland.” (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of independence

By Julhas Alam And Krutika Pathi Mar. 24, 2021 01:15 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 16, 2018 file photo, Syrian authorities distribute bread, vegetables and pasta to residents in the town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. As Syria marks the 10th anniversary Monday, March 15, 2021, of the start of its uprising-turned-civil war, President Bashar Assad may still be in power, propped up by Russia and Iran. But millions of people are being pushed deeper into poverty, and a majority of households can hardly scrape together enough to secure their next meal. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
'Republic of Queues': 10 years on, Syria is a hungry nation

By Zeina Karam Mar. 15, 2021 06:55 AM EDT

Illinois governor touts plan to address poverty and hunger

Mar. 14, 2021 02:37 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has touted a new plan for helping end hunger in Illinois that includes improved technology and better collaboration between...

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2019 file photo Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis speaks in Tallahassee, Fla. While Florida's three independently elected Cabinet members can't sponsor or vote on bills, they hold important leadership roles in state government and each is working with lawmakers to pass legislation. Patronis wants to make navigating insurance claims more consumer friendly, passing a bill to shield businesses from COVID-19 related lawsuits, among others. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)
Insurance, K9s and weed among Cabinet legislative priorities

By Brendan Farrington Mar. 12, 2021 01:47 PM EST

In this image made from UNTV video, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a U.N. Security Council high-level meeting on COVID-19 recovery focusing on vaccinations, chaired by British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at UN headquarters, in New York. (UNTV via AP)
UN appeals for $5.5 billion to avert famine for 34 million

By Edith M. Lederer Mar. 11, 2021 11:55 AM EST