Famine
Yemen Cholera Outbreak Tops 300,000 Suspected Cases
A cholera outbreak in Yemen has now surpassed 300,000 suspected cases, the Red Cross said Monday as the war-torn...
Yemen Famine Risk Rising As Cholera Diverts Resources
Aid groups have pulled resources from the fight against malnutrition to battle cholera in Yemen, raising the risk of...
AU Chief ‘frustrated’ By African Inaction On Famine
African Union head Moussa Faki Mahamat on Monday criticised member states for a lack of solidarity shown to nations on...
WFP Chief Urges EU To Step Up Funds For Africa Famine
The UN food agency's director urged the European Union on Monday to help raise the $1 billion needed over the next few...
Starvation Looms As Food Runs Out In Drought-Hit Ethiopia
The Somali people of Ethiopia's southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and...
Canadian Minister Bibeau To Visit South Sudan
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, will travel to South...
Villagers Fear S.Sudan Famine
South Sudan's northwest is untouched by civil war, yet hunger still wreaks havoc: here food shortages are cyclical and...
Ethiopia’s Emergency Food Aid To Run Out Next Month
Ethiopia will run out of emergency food aid for 7.8 million people affected by drought at the end of this month, the UN...
South Africa To Harvest the Highest Maize Crop In 40 Years
South Africa is expecting to harvest its biggest maize crop in four decades a year after drought devastated output of...
Funding Shortfall Hits Starving In NE Nigeria
Lack of funding is forcing aid agencies to cut feeding programmes for starving people in northeast Nigeria, the UN said...
Trump Commits $300 Million To Fight Africa Famine
US President Donald Trump told Pope Francis on Wednesday he was committing more than $300 million (270 million euros)...
More Than One Million On Brink of Starvation
reas outside the famine zones are also suffering from severe food shortages. It has been three months since famine,...
Boko Haram Traps Starving People In Nigeria, UN Warns
Two million people are teetering on the brink of famine in northeastern Nigeria but efforts to reach some are being...
34 Dead, 2,000 Sick With Suspected Cholera In Yemen
Thirty-four people have died of cholera-related causes and more than 2,000 have been taken ill in less than two weeks...
Charity Warns S.Sudan ‘man-Made’ Famine Could Kill 6 Million
The famine ravaging South Sudan and its neighbours could claim six million lives, a charity warned Friday, as the...
Hodeida Port Closure Would Be ‘disaster’ For Yemen
A closure of the Hodeida port would "bring disaster to Yemen," which is already on the brink of famine, the new head of...
1.4 Million Children Acutely Malnourished In Somalia This Year
Somalia, hit by drought and on the verge of famine, will count 1.4 million acutely malnourished children by the end of...
Civilians ‘cut Off Without Water’ Over South Sudan Clashes
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) charity says that in the past three days 25,000 South Sudanese have been...
Countries Pledge $1.1bn To Avert Yemen Famine
Countries around the world Tuesday pledged more than one billion dollars to help prevent a looming famine in war-torn...