The June 2026 Hunger Hotspots report flags Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan and Yemen at 'highest concern'; Somalia at famine risk; a 31% fertiliser spike from Hormuz runs through every figure
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Rapid Support Forces closed on North Kordofan's capital June 22-23; daily drone strikes since 10 June; four Western governments demand the assault halt
Half the population faces hunger and 450+ health facilities have closed on funding cuts; regional escalation drives up fuel and food prices and threatens Gulf support Yemen depends on
With safeguards 'legally untenable' since February and inspectors locked out, the IAEA Board declares Iran non-compliant on 12 June — the agency can no longer verify the stockpile
DRC has 1,048 confirmed cases and 267 deaths; PHEIC declared May 17; $518M response plan launched — but no licensed vaccine or treatment exists for the Bundibugyo strain
The world's largest displacement and hunger crisis deepens as the war outpaces every truce plan; famine confirmed in El Fasher and Kadugli, Tawila overwhelmed
Guterres visits Port-au-Prince as the renamed mission fields ~1,000 of 5,500 authorised troops against gangs holding ~70% of the capital
UN counts ~36% of allotted trucks entered since October; 77% still face acute food insecurity as Israel logs no further withdrawals and thousands of ceasefire breaches
US envoys float a 60-day deal as UNSC Resolution 2797 anchors Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara; Algiers, patron of the Polisario, stays cold
A pro-federation TRNC win and Guterres calling 2026 'a critical year' open a window; the two leaders converge on technical points but split on a '5+1' conference and new crossings
3,000+ Malawians are sheltering in a Durban field; 262 Nigerians were repatriated June 23; security forces deployed after mob attacks — with no policy resolution in sight