CNN — The sister of Alaa Abd El-Fattah said Tuesday that she had received a letter saying the imprisoned British-Egyptian activist had ended his hunger strike after more than 200 days. “The important thing is I want to celebrate my birthday with you on Thursday, I haven’t celebrated for a long time, and want to … Read more
Alaa Abdel-Fattah. File. | Photo Credit: AP The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says they received a letter from him on November 15, saying he has ended his hunger strike The family said in a statement that Abdel-Fattah’s mother, Laila Soueif, received a short note from the political activist via the prison authorities … Read more
Family say Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically with jailed pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who this week escalated a food and hunger strike demanding his release Family say Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically with jailed pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who this week escalated a food and hunger strike demanding his release Egyptian prison authorities … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Importers from Ghana to Pakistan have struggled to pay for cargoes, risking shortages and adding to global food inflation. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Agnieszka de Sousa, Ekow Dontoh and Ismail Dilawar 2i[s)be1l{prs[gbvsr7l0wf_media_dl_1.png Bloomberg RSS Article content (Bloomberg) — Food importers from Africa to Asia are scrambling for dollars to … Read more
Afghanistan is the only country in South Asia that performs worse than India on the index; India’s child wasting rate of 19.3% is worst in the world; country shows improvement in child stunting and child mortality indicators, but shows its GHI score has seen slight worsening Afghanistan is the only country in South Asia that … Read more
This year’s Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a nuclear disaster. The secretive Nobel committees never hint who will win the prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics or peace. It’s anyone’s guess who might win the awards … Read more
Salah Hamouri has joined dozens of prisoners who are protesting the Israeli practice of indefinite detention without charges Franco-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri, who has been held by the Israeli authorities without charges for more than half a year, joined a mass hunger strike earlier this week. The name of Hamouri, who is both … Read more
The government said a long-established ban on speaking to reporters now extends to social media posts. The government said a long-established ban on speaking to reporters now extends to social media posts. Sri Lanka ordered civil servants on Wednesday not to express opinions on social media after some officials claimed schoolchildren were fainting from a … Read more
The Biden administration is counting on a variety of private-sector partnerships to help fund and implement its ambitious goal of ending hunger in America by 2030. President Biden is hosting a conference Wednesday on hunger, nutrition and health, the first by the White House since 1969. That conference, under President Richard Nixon, was a pivotal … Read more
CNN — Groceries cost 13.5% more than they did a year ago. Nearly 25 million adults live in households where there isn’t always enough to eat. Some 40% of food banks saw increased demand this summer. At a time when the affordability of food is in the spotlight, the Biden administration is hosting a White … Read more