A powerful El Niño is forming. Here is what happened during the 1870s global famine, how this event differs and what it could ...

After a post-war agricultural disaster, one of the most devastating in Soviet history, the government launched an ...

Nairobi, East Africa's economic hub, is under strict water rationing for four months, when the next rainy season is expected to start. "The level of humanitarian suffering in this country triggered by ...

A climate monster is growing right now in the Pacific Ocean, perhaps the most fearsome El Niño since before scientists even began modeling them. They now know the pattern quite well: A marine heat ...

Drought continues to worsen across Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas. In fact, moderate drought conditions are now showing up in the latest Drought Monitor update. It’s a dramatic turn of events ...

Somalia is at a tipping point, with millions caught between recurring drought, conflict, displacement, rising costs, and shrinking aid as famine risk emerges in parts of the country. Repeated poor ...

Famine is the most severe form of acute food insecurity. How, and when, is famine declared? And what happens next? Your questions answered. On May 4, 2025, a health worker at a UNICEF-supported ...

MOGADISHU/NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Somalia risks slipping back into famine, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as worsening drought has left millions of people without food, water or ...

Astana has quietly replaced a famine memorial plaque, dropping the word “Holodomor” for the neutral “famine.” The change has reignited debate over whether Kazakhstan’s 1930s famine should be called ...