Read the latest press releases, news and statements from our Media team.
The Autumn Budget leaves the UK on course to miss its own reduced aid target of 0.3 per cent of national income by £320 million in 2027, with no plan to return to 0.7 per cent. As hunger reaches record levels and famine is confirmed in Gaza and Sudan, Action Against Hunger UK is calling on the Government to meet its commitments in full and set out a credible path back to 0.7 per cent.
As the Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing down, Action Against Hunger is strengthening its emergency response in Ituri, the epicentre of the epidemic. Action Against Hunger teams working across health zones are combining epidemic prevention and control activities with health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and mental health interventions.
Action Against Hunger's latest report reveals 177 million people face acute food insecurity across the world's ten largest food crises, as funding shrinks and access to live saving aid become harder.
Humanitarian organisations launch a joint call to protect Sudan’s harvest during the critical October - January period
Action Against Hunger warns that the hunger crisis in Gaza cannot be explained solely by a lack of food - it is the result of the destruction of food systems. Restoring farmland, markets, and water sources destroyed in Palestine will require a lengthy process during which families will continue to face extreme hardship.
Severe flooding has struck the Trishuli River Valley in Nepal’s Nuwakot and Rasuwa districts. This region, where Action Against Hunger has been implementing reconstruction and water access programs since the 2015 earthquake, is now facing a disaster with major human and material consequences. Approximately 273 people have lost their lives, and nearly a thousand others remain missing.
Afghanistan faces surging malnutrition amid drought and funding shortfalls, with admissions in Kabul rising 149 per cent in June 2026. Action Against Hunger is expanding treatment while pushing integrated nutrition-livelihoods support, warning sustained funding is critical to break poverty cycles.
In 2006, 17 Action Against Hunger staff were executed in Muttur, Sri Lanka. Twenty years later, no credible investigation has delivered justice. A new report shares families' testimonies, marking this unresolved war crime while renewing calls for accountability amid rising global attacks on humanitarian workers.
Action Against Hunger welcomes Ed Miliband's appointment as Foreign Secretary at a critical moment for global hunger, and calls on him to reverse UK aid cuts and restore the 0.7% target, protect humanitarian funding, prioritise malnutrition, and use the G20 2027 presidency and UK diplomatic influence to tackle conflict-driven hunger crises.
Today marks the release of the 2026 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report. Despite a slight decline in global hunger figures, Action Against Hunger warns that levels remain alarmingly high, particularly in Africa, where hunger has reached historic levels.
Cook, author and TV presenter Crystelle Pereira created an exclusive recipe for the children at St Mary’s Catholic Academy.
Action Against Hunger welcomes Andy Burnham as UK Prime Minister, urging him to reverse Starmer's aid cuts. With hunger worsening globally, they call for restored development spending, protected humanitarian budgets, and international development reinstated as a foreign policy priority.
