In East Africa, there are currently 20.9 million people who are experiencing ... As the region continues to navigate increasing acute malnutrition and countries like Somalia sit on the verge of famine ...

Famine was declared in February 2017 in South Sudan ... and an immediate increase in funding to the affected regions. East Africa is facing its worst drought in 40 years and there are now over 1.4 ...

A woman sits with her child at a local hospital as she receive treatment for malnutrition at the border town of Dadaab, Kenya. Schalk van Zuydam / AP A Somali child from southern Somalia is ...

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 ...

Famine continues to threaten four countries affected by conflict ... Heavy rain in late 2023 in parts of East Africa, with forecasts for more in the coming months, bring opportunities for growing ...

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 ...

The United States' system for monitoring famine globally has been taken offline amid President Donald Trump's order for a ...

Paramilitary forces at war with the military in Sudan are preventing life-saving aid from reaching many people in the famine-hit Darfur region, the United Nations’ top humanitarian ...

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