Ethiopia famine Stories

Over 10 million Ethiopians face hunger as WFP warns of aid cuts amid funding crisis
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Apr 22, 2025

WFP has warned that its life-saving operations are severely hampered by significant funding shortfalls, with 3.6 million of the most vulnerable indivi...

Sudan: No respite for civilians amid unrelenting war and aid access barriers
UN News  |  Apr 20, 2025

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.

UK and EU pledge over $700 million in aid as Sudan marks two years of civil war
DW News  |  Apr 16, 2025

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...

Sudan faces mounting hunger crisis as rainy season threatens to cut aid access
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 12, 2025

Two years of devastating conflict have transformed Sudan into the world’s largest hunger crisis, with nearly half the population, approximately 24.6 m...

Shifting sand dunes displace over 150 families in Southern Somalia
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Apr 05, 2025

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...

Nearly 4.6 million people in Somalia face acute food insecurity due to reduced humanitarian aid, UN warns
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 02, 2025

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.

Government urged to boost investment in organic farming for sustained production
Alfred Onyango  |  Mar 19, 2025

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...

Sudan faces catastrophic famine and escalating violence, UN warns
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 28, 2025

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...

UN warns of 30% surge in hunger crisis in Somalia by June
Alfred Onyango  |  Feb 27, 2025

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...

Residents of Handanki in Wajir appeal for food and water as dry spell intensifies
Issa Hussein  |  Feb 23, 2025

According to the latest forecast by IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Center, Kenya will experience below-average rainfall during the March to M...

UN seeks $6 billion to ease 'appalling' suffering in Sudan
Reuters  |  Feb 17, 2025

Famine conditions have been reported in at least five locations in Sudan, including displacement camps in Darfur, the U.N. statement said, adding that...

At least 4.4 million people in Somalia face starvation as drought worsens
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 12, 2025

The crisis is already forcing families to leave their homes in search of food, water, and medical aid, raising concerns about displacement and worseni...

Climate crises force millions out of school; Kenya among hardest-hit nations
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 27, 2025

Globally, around 242 million students in 85 countries faced interruptions in their schooling due to extreme weather events such as heatwaves, cyclones...

WHO chief urges end to attacks on Sudan healthcare after 70 killed in drone strike
Reuters  |  Jan 26, 2025

The conflict has produced waves of ethnically driven violence blamed largely on the RSF, creating a humanitarian crisis.

Food crisis looms as 2.5 million Kenyans face hunger
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 08, 2025

Particular concern has been raised over pastoral areas in Turkana, Marsabit, and Garissa counties, where food insecurity is expected to last until at...

As Gaza suffers, hunger watchdog refrains from using the F word: famine
Reuters  |  Dec 30, 2024

Many aid workers and doctors say famine has taken hold in Gaza. But amid Israel’s military assault and curbs on movement, the world’s hunger monitor h...

Global hunger crisis deepens as major nations skimp on aid
Reuters  |  Dec 25, 2024

The U.N. also will end 2024 having raised about 46% of the $49.6 billion it sought for humanitarian aid across the globe, its own data shows. It’s the...

Global hunger monitor says famine in war-torn Sudan is spreading
Reuters  |  Dec 24, 2024

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are engaged in a civil war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and are adamantly opposed to a famine declaration for f...

Sudan facing biggest humanitarian crisis recorded, IRC report says
DW News  |  Dec 13, 2024

The UN says the conflict has driven 11 million people from their homes and unleashed the world's biggest hunger crisis.

EU scientists say 2024 will be the world's hottest year on record
Reuters  |  Dec 09, 2024

Extreme weather has swept around the world in 2024, with severe drought hitting Italy and South America, fatal floods in Nepal, Sudan and Europe.

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