Conflict, climate change, and bad policy all play a role in creating the right conditions for hunger and famine. One in five people in Africa do not have access ... takes a short and long-term ...

Africa Live: BBC news updates What is famine? The wooden bridge between death and safety The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report says that 1.7 million people are still ...

Famines are not common. When a famine is declared it means people are already dying. And the last time this happened, six years ago in the Horn of Africa, the cause was a natural one: drought. This ...

From November 2021 to November 2022 the number of people experiencing hunger in East Africa increased as follows The number ... Irrespective of if there is a famine declaration in coming months or not ...