https://www.scmp.com/rss/310247/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The World Food Programme’s global “hunger map” is a colour-coded guide to malnourishment. The latest version is also a pretty reliable map of the world’s conflict zones. There is a strong and symbiotic relationship between hunger and conflict. Famines in places as diverse as Ireland, China, Ethiopia and India have all fed into political upheaval. People fight over food. Combatants use it as a weapon of war. Terrorists use it as a recruiting tool. A UN Food and Agriculture Organisation report... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2083160/world-hunger-map-shows-how-conflict-feeding-human-misery?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2083160/world-hunger-map-shows-how-conflict-feeding-human-misery?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Mar 2017 04:13:40 +0000 Like many, my family and I have watched with horror the escalating violence in the Gaza Strip over the last two weeks. Missiles, shells and artillery of every shape and size have rained down mercilessly in Israel's latest onslaught, from warships, jets and tanks. They have torn through defenceless homes, hospitals, mosques and schools where countless families take shelter. In just minutes this week, entire families have been cut down. The four Bakr boys playing on the beach had no chance to... https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1561934/continuing-offensive-gaza-killing-hopes-peace?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1561934/continuing-offensive-gaza-killing-hopes-peace?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2014 09:30:15 +0000 Today, in scores of nations across the globe, there will be conferences, speeches and editorials to celebrate World Food Day. Children will learn about the latest issues - fast food versus slow food, food losses and waste, farming and global warming. This is a good thing - unless you are among the world's 842 million hungry. Few of them even know there is a World Food Day. For years, the conventional wisdom was that ending poverty would end hunger. Globally, we have made good progress in halving... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1332451/now-then-world-plenty-struggles-feed-millions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1332451/now-then-world-plenty-struggles-feed-millions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:00:00 +0000