The United Nations humanitarian chief says famine has been mostly averted in Gaza as a surge of aid enters the territory during a fragile ceasefire, but he warns the threat could return quickly if the ...

According to estimates global conflict has doubled over the past five years and incidents of political violence in 2024 were ...

A lead organization monitoring for food crises around the world withdrew a new report this week warning of imminent famine in north Gaza under what it called Israel's ''near-total blockade ...

The lives and health of millions are threatened by the cutoff of programs to feed the hungry and treat and cure diseases.

Opinion - Security in the Sahel, one of the world's most dynamic regions, requires concerted effort by all concerned ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading global food crisis monitor says deaths from starvation will likely pass famine levels in north Gaza as soon as next month. The U.S.-created Famine Early Warning ...

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification initiative confirmed famine in parts of Sudan’s North Darfur with 755,000 people at risk of starvation in 10 states. Additionally, 8.5 million people ...

That's not right. 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 to adequate food, and ...

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 ...

FEWSNET was set up by the U.S. government in 1985 to collect and analyze data from various sources after devastating famines in East and West Africa ... people faced famine conditions (IPC Phase 5) in ...