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CAN 2025 - Morocco: Senegalese fans go on hunger strike
CAN 2025: Detained in Morocco, Senegalese supporters reach breaking point CAN 2025 - Morocco: Senegalese fans go on hunger strike The…
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18 Senegalese detainees from AFCON final in Morocco go on hunger strike
Eighteen Senegalese football fans detained in Morocco over “hooliganism” during last month’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final have…
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Putin critic gets six years in penal colony, vows hunger strike
A left-wing critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sergei Udaltsov, was sentenced to six years in a penal colony and convicted of…
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Third Palestine Action hunger striker on remand ends protest
A third remand detainee awaiting trial for alleged offences relating to the Palestine Action group has stopped a lengthy hunger strike,…
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MS Swaminathan: The scientist who saved India from hunger
The year was 1965. On a Sunday in Jaunti, a small village on Delhi's outskirts, a hardened Indian farmer stretched out his hand to a…
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Israeli fashion brand launches campaign about hunger in Gaza: ‘We cannot use food as weapons’
The campaign lands as conditions facing Gazans after nearly two years of war are gaining attention among Israelis in new ways. (JTA) — In…
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Hunger in Gaza: 'We queue for hours for a piece of bread'
Mariam al-Scheikh hears her youngest of three children crying from hunger at night - but the 34-year-old from Gaza City can do nothing…
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Palestinian Hunger Must Have a Place in Israeli Protest
Standing on the square, I agreed with all that was said about the hostages, the anguish of their families, and the government that seems…
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Tel Aviv rally calls for war’s end, as hunger reigns in Gaza and ceasefire talks collapse anew
Standing inside a mass protest in Habima Square to demand an end to the war in Gaza, Roy Rieck said the atmosphere felt more charged than…
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SNAP update: Map shows states banning junk purchases
Numerous Republican-led states are working to ban candy and soda as eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits, with new rules expected in…
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Occidental students use hunger strike to spotlight Palestinian plight, escalate demands
On Monday, after consulting with medical professionals, 10 students at Occidental College launched a hunger strike, hoping to draw…
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America's looming food bank crisis
America's food banks are facing a looming crisis under President Donald Trump's administration as proposed changes to the Supplemental…
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Two states request to ban soda, candy from SNAP benefits: What to know
Arkansas and Indiana have both formally requested permission from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to limit the purchase of soda…
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Sudan's siege city - BBC smuggles in phones to reveal hunger and fear
"She left no last words. She was dead when she was carried away," says Hafiza quietly, as she describes how her mother was killed in a…
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Detained Ugandan politician starts hunger strike
Detained Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has begun a hunger strike as his time spent in detention awaiting trial nears three…
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Disgust over what shopper witnessed woman doing in supermarket: "Ewww"
A Costco shopper witnessed an unsettling moment when a woman was caught eating a rotisserie chicken directly from the warming display,…
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Mother on hunger strike asks PM for help to free her son
A mother who has been on hunger strike for 134 days to campaign for her son to be freed from an Egyptian prison has asked Sir Keir Starmer…
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BBC hears of horror and hunger in Sudan massacre town
No one lives in the ghostly outskirts of El Geneina anymore. But its empty buildings still stand to tell their shocking stories, loudly…
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China’s Fading Hunger for Grain Spells Trouble for World Farmers
(Bloomberg) -- Warehouses across China are bulging with grain as a deepening economic crisis takes hold, leaving the world’s farmers to…
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Curfew imposed in Nigerian state after 'hunger' protest
A curfew has been imposed in Nigeria second-biggest state, Kano, after protests against the high cost of living were "hijacked by thugs"…
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Satellite images and doctor testimony reveal Tigray hunger crisis
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the north of Ethiopia, driven by drought, crop failure and continued insecurity in the aftermath of…
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Nearly 3 out of 10 children in Afghanistan face crisis or emergency level of hunger in 2024
ISLAMABAD (AP) — About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan were forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in 2024, nongovernmental…