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The ongoing Middle East crisis and disruption to global supply chains is causing the most expensive Eid al Adha ever, increasing hunger and impeding aid delivery in some of the world’s poorest countries, Islamic Relief says.   In Sudan, the cost of delivering Islamic Relief’s annual qurbani food distributions has increased by over 60%, the price of bread has doubled, and fuel prices have almost tripled over the [...]

As severe weather disasters increase, leaders at COP30 must take action Typhoon-hit communities in the Philippines face severe food shortages in the coming days and weeks with authorities and aid agencies working to avert widespread hunger, Islamic Relief’s emergency response team is warning. Typhoon Fung-wong has forced over 1.1 million people from their homes and [...]

A hunger crisis is looming in Pakistan as recent floods have decimated food production in Punjab province, a main breadbasket region which produces around 50% of the country's staple crops of rice, Maize, sugar cane and cotton. Islamic Relief is warning the destruction is likely to threaten at least two crop cycles, leading to severe [...]

Nearly 3 million* people have crossed into Afghanistan so far this year, the world’s biggest cross-border migration of people, increasing the country’s population by 6.5% in just nine months. The massive influx with between 10,000-15,000 people now arriving every day is placing massive strain on resources in one of the world’s poorest countries, which is overwhelmed [...]