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 ...

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 not everyone is ...

Africa Live: BBC news updates What is famine? The wooden bridge between death and safety The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report says that 1.7 million people are still ...

From November 2021 to November 2022 the number of people experiencing hunger in East Africa increased as follows The number of people facing extreme hunger in East Africa has exponentially shot up ...

The famine in East Africa has killed tens of thousands, and more people are dying every day. A devastating drought across the region, plus war, neglect and spiraling prices have all contributed to ...