The ongoing threat of famine and food shortage in sub-Saharan Africa has become, to outsiders, a global suffering cliché. But for Christians, the crisis in the dusty East African terrain should ...

To detect famine, the I.P.C. measures rates of hunger, malnutrition and death over short periods, usually three to six months. But the drought in Somalia — and across the wider Horn of Africa ...

A famine is very extreme ... s work has focused on the effects of weather patterns on drought in the three African countries that are currently facing major hunger crises.

"In the Horn of Africa, in total, the numbers have been ... "I think too many donors are waiting for a famine declaration, before they take action," David Miliband, president and CEO of the ...

Famine is formally declared when three awful ... But humanitarian agencies warn that relief efforts in the Horn of Africa must be scaled up dramatically to prevent mass starvation and death.

East Africa's worst drought in 40 years has forced millions of Somalis to leave their homes. Five consecutive failed rainy seasons pushed the fragile nation to the brink of famine, and this year ...

Meteorologists are issuing bleak warnings of a fifth disappointing rainy season, which normally starts next month through most of eastern Africa, and projecting dry weather into next year.

The last time the FRC declared a famine was in 2017, when 80,000 people in South Sudan faced famine conditions in parts of Unity State after three years of civil war.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Human shields and drones, famine and terrorists and China's Belt and Road. That's the toxic cocktail that is Somalia today, stirred by a superpower struggle clothed ...

For months, experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine. Earlier this month, Israel eased a ...

Moreover, Ethiopia’s Tigray region has warned that the current situation could far surpass the famine in 1985, which prompted the Live Aid fundraising drive. The severity of Africa’s situation ...