famine

Woman carry jerry cans filled with water at Kuresyon village in Galkayo, Somalia.
Climate Change
Drought, high temps in Somalia are pushing people to move to other towns
More than 600,000 people have become displaced due to the ongoing drought in Somalia. Many end up at camps like this one in Luuq, Somalia, March 21, 2022.
Climate Change
Fears of famine grow amid worst drought in Somalia in decades
Children sit by a dug out water hole in a dry river bed in the remote village of Fenoarivo, Madagascar
Food
Climate change is driving the worst drought Madagascar has seen in four decades
A man is shown bending over in the back of a delivery truck lifting a burlap bag.
COVID-19
How Africa risks reeling from a health crisis to a food crisis
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Salem Abdullah Musabih, 6, lies on a bed at a malnutrition intensive care unit at a hospital in the Red Sea port city of Hodaida, Yemen, Sept. 11, 2016. Millions of Yemenis face food shortages and the threat of famine after more than two years of civil wa
Conflict
World hunger has increased for the first time in 15 years. Blame war and climate change.
African woman in Lesotho
Justice
Women in Africa face increased risk from severe drought
Man standing on stage looking out at crowd, photographed from behind
Development
How two Minnesotans turned their online popularity into big money for famine aid
An internally displaced woman from drought-hit area at a makeshift settlement area in Dolow, Somalia, April 4, 2017.
Conflict
Somalis walk for days searching for food and water while al-Shabab blocks aid
Child
Conflict
As drought conditions worsen, famine looms over Kenya
A woman waits to be registered prior to a food distribution by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Thonyor, Leer state, South Sudan.
Conflict
Drought doesn’t cause famine. People do.
South Sudan famine
Conflict
South Sudan declares famine; aid groups lament ‘man-made’ tragedy
Obamanomics, A Vietnam War Legacy, The Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Connection
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Abebe Haregewoin (right) and his father in Ethiopia.
Global Politics
Famine haunted his childhood in Ethiopia. Now he sees food running out again.
South Sudan refugees
Conflict
South Sudan’s festering civil war is every bit as violent and deadly as decades of independence struggles
Clean water a casualty of civil war in South Sudan
Women hold their ration cards during food distribution in Minkaman, Lakes State, June 26, 2014. About 94,000 people have sought refuge in Minkaman after fighting broke out in neighboring states, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Conflict & Justice
The world’s youngest country turns three — but there’s not much to celebrate
Business, Economics and Jobs
Global food prices on the rise
A South Sudanese girl displaced by the conflict carries a younger boy on her back as they walk through mud in a flooded camp for internally displaced people at the UNMISS base in Malakal, Upper Nile State May 30, 2014. There are about 18,000 people shelte
Conflict & Justice
A million South Sudanese are at risk of starving
Cambodian children
Health & Medicine
The Khmer Rouge may be partly to blame for diabetes in Cambodia
In Ethiopia, a Saudi company leases land to grow and export rice
Development & Education
Somalia: What constitutes a famine
Africa faces its worst drought in 60 years
Thousands flee Somali drought, overwhelm refugee camps
Musician K’Naan On Returning to Somalia After Twenty Years
US Bank Blocks Transfers to Somalia
A Reporter on Covering Famine in Somalia
Global Politics
The Neglected Positive Image of Africa
Global Politics
Life in Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp
750,000 Could Perish in Somali Famine
Arts, Culture & Media
Music By Africans for Africans
Environment
Images of Famine in the Media
Environment
Famine Victims Crowd Somali Capital
Environment
Somalia famine made worse by militants blocking aid
Delivering Aid to Famine Victims Proves Difficult in Somalia
Global Politics
Somalia: The World’s Worst Famine in a Generation
Famine and Somalia: The Challenges of Providing Aid in a Failed State
Environment
What Makes This A Famine
Global Politics
Famine Returns to Somalia
Famine Declared in Southern Somalia but Terrorists May Block Aid
Global Politics
What Constitues a Famine?
Environment
Drought Ravages Parts of East Africa
Business, Economics and Jobs
Nicholas Kristof on Africa’s worst drought in decades
Business, Economics and Jobs
Without rain, Africa faces its worst drought in 60 years
Environment
Relief Efforts in Japan Underway as Survivors Battle Hunger, Homelessness
Somalia’s Water Crisis
Turbine Trash
Is Chicken Little Right?
Is Chicken Little Right?
Have No Fear
Environment
The dangers of ’empires of food’
Environment
Hit hard by drought, Ethiopia pleads for aid
Health & Medicine
Food shortage and spreading cholera epidemic further destabilizes Zimbabwe
Business, Economics and Jobs
Somalia famine
Global Politics
Ethiopia asks for urgent food aid
Business, Economics and Jobs
Famine strikes Somalia again
Environment
North Korea food crisis
Business, Economics and Jobs
Ethiopia’s looming famine
Business, Economics and Jobs
U.N. food plan