More than 14 million people, half of them children, are facing starvation across southern Africa, the Disasters ... emergencies officer for Christian Aid, said she had just returned from Angola ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

A stop in all of PEPFAR’s work shuttered clinics this week. Then, a new exemption for “life-saving” treatment left ...

Famine was declared ... six years ago in the Horn of Africa, the cause was a natural one: drought. This time it’s man-made: violence and conflict are cutting off supply routes, driving food prices sky ...

and keep reconstruction aid at bay. But its options are complicated. Discover the values that drive the story. The Christian Science Monitor's coverage of the war between Hamas and Israel ...

There has been an increase in humanitarian assistance since famine was declared in February South Sudan is no longer classified as being in famine following an increase in aid, a UN-backed report ...

“We have the family unit, we have the small Christian community ... why when we see tents in Africa, it only comes from the United Nations during wars and during famine and internal displacement.

As WFP teams work around the clock to reach key locations for first time, fighting and arbitrary obstructions by local authorities hinder consistent flow of vital aid.The United Nations World Food ...

When Band Aid recorded a single to raise money ... a team of archaeologists in Ethiopia uncovered the oldest known Christian church in sub-Saharan Africa, near the modern-day border with Eritrea.