Famine continues to threaten four countries affected by conflict and climate shocks. East African countries are being hit hard by ongoing conflicts, global inequality and surging food prices. Five ...

Human-induced climate change worsened the severity of the 2021-2022 drought in the Horn of Africa, a new study has revealed.During that period, Eastern Africa experienced one of its worst droughts ...

Klein added that on the price front, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warns that persistent climate-related ...

Drought emergencies occur when reduced rainfall, exacerbated in recent years by climate change, combined with limited community capacity and institutional failures to cause dramatic reductions in ...

The famine in East Africa has killed tens of thousands, and more people are dying every day. A devastating drought across the region, plus war, neglect and spiraling prices have all contributed to ...

Somalia is facing a severe malnutrition crisis exacerbated by prolonged droughts, conflict, economic instability, and a weak ...

At some point, I thought of taking my own life instead of watching them die of hunger in front of me.” - Shamsa Amin Ali, 38, Somali refugee in Kenya The Horn of Africa region continues to experience ...

Across areas of East and Southern Africa, climate change has triggered harsher and more frequent droughts. Right now, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are facing the third severe drought episode in a ...

Extreme drought in East Africa is leading to cases of violence against women and girls in the region, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns in a new analysis. The drought has resulted from ...

Drought, conflict, and high food prices might push another one million Somalians into crisis levels of food insecurity in the coming months, warned the World Food Program on Tuesday. "The latest ...

Somalia is facing one of the most severe emergencies in the worst global hunger crisis this century. As the Horn of Africa faces its worst drought in 40 years, 1.5 million children in Somalia – or one ...