Africa’s Worst Famine in Decades Threatens Family Unity and Human Dignity. ... “And when my children cry, I cry with them,” she says. “If you look at it superficially, ...

Why famine hasn't been declared in East Africa A crisis of extreme hunger is threating millions in East Africa. However, international aid has not been able to meet the need.

East Africa, Africa’s Sahel region and Afghanistan are all currently grappling with some of the world’s most severe hunger crises. In some areas of East Africa, the demand for humanitarian aid is ...

According to the Famine Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), food assistance needs in southern Africa “are expected to exceed 30 million people during the October 2024-March 2025 lean season.” ...

The number of people facing extreme hunger in East Africa has exponentially shot up between November 2021 and August 2022, and the situation continues to deteriorate as a poor start to the ...

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — To outlive a child is to lose a piece of your heart. A famine looming over the Horn of Africa may soon leave hundreds of thousands more tiny graves pockmarking the arid ...

The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years and experts say the region is on track for a fifth consecutive failed rainy season. Sign up here.

The IRC warned in its first "Crisis Alert" update that millions in East Africa could die from "catastrophic famine" without "urgent" international funding.

Half a million children in Somalia under five are at risk of dying from famine, a number unseen in any country this century, as the region faces a fifth consecutive failed rainy season.

Without urgent action, at least 500,000 children will be at risk of death by mid-2023, “a pending nightmare we have not seen this century,” the UNICEF spokesman James Elder said recently.

Read our news story on the launch here.. Israel's ground invasion has killed over 31,000 Gazans and, along with restrictions on aid entering the bombarded and besieged enclave, has triggered ...