The impact of the conflict, which has fuelled the world's largest displacement and hunger crises, has been especially severe in the Nuba Mountains, which is controlled by a third armed group, the ...

For centuries, locusts have been destroying crops and causing famines across the globe, with the devastating swarms recorded in the Bible as the eighth of ten plagues on Egypt.

For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine. Earlier this month, Israel eased a weekslong blockade on the territory as a ...

Here's a look at what famine means and how the world finds out when one exists. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, the leading international authority on hunger crises, considers ...

When the locust swarms entered India, a group of Jains, whose religion demands strict respect for animal life, built a causeway across a stream to help the locusts on their way. The military ...

Locust. Locust swarms can have a devastating impact on agriculture and the environment. When large numbers of locusts converge on a region, they can quickly strip vegetation bare, leaving behind only ...

The government of Sudan has not made an official declaration of famine and denies that famine exists. Aid groups are concerned that without a declaration, international resources won't be mobilized.

Global leaders have yet to issue a formal declaration of famine in Gaza, despite evidence that Palestinians in the North Gaza and Gaza Governorates are suffering from famine today. The nature of food ...

Almost five million people could be plunged into hunger and famine as a fourth round of desert locusts hatch and ravage crops across the Horn and East Africa, compounding an already dire food ...

The entirety of Gaza is at a critical risk of famine, and the situation is expected to worsen in the coming months, the leading global authority that classifies food emergencies said Monday.The ...

The desert locust — a short-horned species found in some dry areas of northern and eastern Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia — is a migratory insect that travels in swarms of millions over long ...