Latest data on Gaza confirms worst-case scenario
Famine unfolds with over 20,000 children hospitalised for acute malnutrition.
Press releases and statements
Read the latest press releases, news and statements from our Media team.
SOFI Report: In 2024, hunger declined on paper, but not in reality – and conflict zones were at the heart of the crisis
The State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI) report, published by five United Nations agencies, presents data from 2024.
As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away
More than 100 organisations are sounding the alarm to allow in life-saving aid.
Action Against Hunger mourns killing of two beloved colleagues in Gaza
Mohammed Hussein and Obada Abu Issa, were killed the afternoon of 26 June 2025 by an Israeli airstrike within a highly populated area of Gaza, which had not yet received displacement orders.
Gaza on the brink: Fuel shortages threaten access to clean water for tens of thousands
Fuel shortages in Gaza threaten clean water for 78,000 people, with vital infrastructure near collapse. Action Against Hunger warns essential services for up to one million are at risk without urgent fuel access.
Statement on the Global Humanitarian Overview
The latest GHO warns that donor cuts, including by the UK, are leaving millions at risk amid rising crises. Aid groups are forced to prioritise, yet vital services vanish and malnutrition soars.
Action Against Hunger responds to 2025 spending review
The Chancellor’s failure to reverse aid cuts undermines the UK’s global leadership amid rising hunger and conflict. Action Against Hunger calls for transparency, a return to the 0.7% GNI aid target, and urgent action to protect life-saving international support.
Action Against Hunger urges continued humanitarian leadership by aid organisations
Action Against Hunger urges that aid in Gaza remain led by impartial humanitarian organisations. Working under UN coordination, it warns that replacing proven systems risks excluding the most vulnerable.
Lebanon: More than a million people go hungry amid instability
Six months after the ceasefire, around 90,000 people remain internally displaced and 1.2 million suffer from high levels of food insecurity.
Action Against Hunger intensifies efforts to save lives in Gaza as aid still fails to arrive
Action Against Hunger warns Gaza faces imminent child malnutrition crisis, with less than a week’s supply of therapeutic food left. Fuel, water, and power shortages cripple aid delivery.
Aid entering Gaza is insufficient warns Action Against Hunger
Unrestricted access is urgently needed to avert humanitarian catastrophe.
Statement on the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises
Nearly 300 million face acute hunger, driven mainly by conflict. Action Against Hunger calls for global action, accountability, and investment in proven, local solutions.