Statement

No Time to Lose as Famine Stalks Millions in Sudan Amid Intense Fighting and Access Denials

Time is running out for millions of people in Sudan who are at imminent risk of famine, displaced from their…

May 31, 2024
Statement

US insists it’s trying to get aid into Gaza as UN warns millions ‘at risk of famine’

“Everyone understands the need for inspections, but things like antibiotics...are causing delay and rejection, and then the whole trucks – not just the items in question – are turned away,” Tom Hart, the CEO of the humanitarian group InterAction, said.

January 19, 2024
Statement

Window of opportunity to prevent famine in Somalia is closing, Principals of Inter-Agency Standing Committee warn

September 6, 2022
Blog Post

Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa

Africa remains disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change despite producing only 2–3% of the world’s global emissions.

August 29, 2022
Blog Post

Famine Risk and Prevention Spot Report

Global hunger and food insecurity are not new problems—both have steadily risen every year since 2014. However, as a result…

October 20, 2021

Famine Risk & Prevention

October 1, 2021
Statement

InterAction Statement on Looming Threat of Famine in Tigray

Considering the rapidly-deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, InterAction released the following statement: The United Nations (U.N.) is…

June 4, 2021
InterAction Quoted

Famine-Wracked South Sudan Now Wants To Charge Aid Workers For Help

South Sudan is wracked by unfettered violence, ethnic cleansing, and famine. But now the government wants to charge aid workers $10,000 to operate in the country.

March 9, 2017
Statement

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

As world leaders gather in New York for the 79th United Nations General Assembly, and as the threat of a wider regional escalation looms, we renew our demand for an end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

September 23, 2024
Blog Post

World Humanitarian Day 2024

Aid workers are increasingly being targeted by armed actors who seek to intimidate, coerce, or disrupt aid operations for strategic gains. In Gaza and South Sudan, in Yemen and the Central African Republic, disinformation campaigns are fueling hostility toward aid agencies. These threats not only endanger the lives of those dedicated to humanitarian action but also severely hinder access to essential aid for millions of vulnerable people in conflict-affected areas​.

August 19, 2024
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