Famine Stories
The report attributed the crisis to fighting, economic problems, rising food prices, disease outbreaks and extreme weather conditions including drough...
Many have been forced to flee the fighting dozens of times. Most find themselves homeless and hungry while facing an uncertain future.
On just one day this week, nearly 30,000 people were forced to flee under new Israeli relocation orders, with no safe place to go and clearly inadequa...
The group blamed the crisis on recent funding shortfalls following the withdrawal of vital humanitarian assistance by the United States and other dono...
Much of the continent's cropland growth during the period under review was driven by increases in staple crops, such as maize, rice and wheat, particu...
UNICEF said Gaza now faces a "man-made drought," warning that if an ongoing fuel blockade of over 100 days is not lifted, "children will begin to die...
The UN report states that the SAF has enforced complex and punitive bureaucratic hurdles, while the RSF has looted aid convoys and completely obstruct...
The mass casualty event left “hundreds of casualties, completely overwhelming Nasser Medical Complex” in Khan Younis, said WHO’s Representative in the...
Notably, Sudan and South Sudan have been marked among the five hotspots facing an immediate risk of famine in the coming four months.
Restoring connectivity is urgent. OCHA said the Israeli military recently posted a warning on social media where areas marked in red on a map are cons...
The resolution was backed by 149 Member States, with 12 voting against and 19 abstaining. Among those opposing the resolution were the United States a...
Laurent Bukara, WFP’s Country Director in Sudan, described the hunger and desperation unfolding in parts of Khartoum as “severe.”
A ship with aid supplies for Gaza carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists was stopped by Israel from reaching the Palestinian enclave. Israel had...
The flooding began on Sunday, affecting five kebeles around Omorate town.
Nothing encapsulates the despair more than Zeenat’s final plea: “Let the war end. Give us a break. Otherwise, let all countries come together and drop...
Laerke explained that out of nearly 900 aid trucks that were approved to enter from the Israeli side since the reopening of the Kerem Shalom border cr...
The three countries criticised Israel's ongoing military operations in Gaza, describing the level of human suffering as intolerable.
Humanitarian leaders urge urgent action and investment as hunger, malnutrition, and displacement reach record highs, threatening millions, especially...
Israel has intensified its bombardment and built up armoured forces along the border despite growing international pressure for it to resume ceasefire...
Half of its population is facing extreme hunger, and nearly five million children and breastfeeding mothers are severely malnourished.
WFP has warned that its life-saving operations are severely hampered by significant funding shortfalls, with 3.6 million of the most vulnerable indivi...
Nearly 12.5 million people have been forced from their homes, including over 3.3 million who have fled across borders in search of safety.
Senior diplomats and aid officials from the UK, Germany, France, the European Union and the African Union gathered at the one-day conference hosted in...
Two years of devastating conflict have transformed Sudan into the world’s largest hunger crisis, with nearly half the population, approximately 24.6 m...
Among the displaced are people who had returned from refugee camps in Kenya, as well as others who had already been displaced within Somalia due to on...
The report further estimates that over 230,000 new IDPs will be displaced between April and June, with conflict and drought being the primary drivers.
Amudavi emphasised that Kenya is one of the top six African countries, out of the ten, that have expanded their land acreage dedicated to organic agri...
Since the conflict erupted in April 2023, nearly 8.8 million people have been displaced within Sudan, while 3.5 million have fled to neighbouring coun...
The study report says 3.4 million people are already experiencing crisis levels, or higher, of hunger in Somalia, and the number is projected to rise...
According to the latest forecast by IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Center, Kenya will experience below-average rainfall during the March to M...
