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 ...

The world’s leading experts on hunger, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee ... person we spoke to bore the marks of hunger. One 8-year-old boy I met, died ...