Tag: famine
Conflict remains the dominant driver of Africa’s spiralling food crisis
More than 80 percent of the record 137 million Africans facing acute food insecurity are in conflict-affected countries, underscoring that conflict continues to be...
Some 350 000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray in famine -UN document
An analysis by United Nations agencies and aid groups estimates that about 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region are in famine conditions, according...
Drought and flooding hit South Sudan
Famine threatens the lives of up to 5.5 million people in South Sudan, where droughts and flooding destroyed crops and livestock, compounding “intense political...
Central African Republic facing famine
Endemic violence in Central African Republic is pushing the country toward famine with 63% of the population already needing emergency aid, the...
Why Somalia’s drought is not another famine
At the height of Somalia's 2011 famine, Madow Mohamed had to leave her crippled five-year-old son Abdirahman by the side of the...
UN Security Council sees conflict as a major cause of famine
Grave concern about the threat of famine facing some 20 million people in conflict-affected Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and north-east Nigeria has...
US slams South Sudan on “man-made” famine
The United States slammed South Sudan's President Salva Kiir for the African state's "man-made" famine and ongoing conflict, urging him to fulfil...
Famine fast becoming reality in Somalia and South Sudan
Millions of people face famine in Somalia and South Sudan and the situation is expected to worsen as the drought and violence...
Millions across Africa and in Yemen at risk of death from...
Warning of increasing risk of mass deaths from starvation in many countries in Africa and in Yemen due to worsening drought and...
Cholera spreads in famine-threatened Somalia
Deadly cholera is spreading through drought-ravaged Somalia as clean water sources dry up, a top aid official said, deepening a humanitarian crisis...
Hunger and HIV – a deadly mix for Ugandan children
Seven-year-old Esther Agutti weighs seven kg - a third of the weight of the average child her age.
She has been in hospital...
South Sudan government to blame for famine, still buying arms –...
South Sudan's government is mainly to blame for famine in parts of the war-torn country, yet President Salva Kiir is still boosting...
Millions at risk from African famine worsened by Boko Haram
Aid agencies must get food to close to 3 million people by July to avert a famine in Africa's Lake Chad region...
Famine hits parts of South Sudan
Parts of war-ravaged South Sudan are suffering famine, a government official said, adding nearly half the country's population would lack reliable access...
Four famines mean 20 million may starve in the next six...
More than 20 million people - greater than the population of Romania or Florida - risk dying from starvation within six months...
Famine may have killed thousands in parts of Nigeria cut off...
More than 2,000 people may have died of famine this year in parts of north-east Nigeria which cannot be reached by aid...
Famine threatens parts of north-east Nigeria ravaged by Boko Haram
Ravaged by years of Boko Haram violence, pockets of north-east Nigeria controlled by the Islamist militant group and cut off from aid...
Famine threatens half of Yemen – WFP
Nearly half of Yemen's 22 provinces on the verge of famine as result of the war there and more than 13 million...
Over 10 million Ethiopians will need food aid next year
More than 10 million Ethiopians will need food aid in 2016, up from 8.2 million this year, due to the worst drought...
Warning of famine in South Sudan
South Sudan faces a serious risk of famine by the end of this year and 30,000 people are already classified as being...
Famine threat to South Sudan if war continues to block aid
In the swampy frontlines of South Sudan's conflict, women spend hours pounding wild fruits, water lilies and grasses to feed their children,...
Famine threatens South Sudan if conflict deepens
Famine could strike another million people across South Sudan early next year if the civil war escalates, a report said on Monday.
Aid...
South Sudan ceasefire must hold to avert famine: U.N
South Sudan can only avoid famine if a shaky ceasefire holds and people displaced by more than five months of fighting are...
Cell phones may be new tool vs Somalia famine
Cell phones may bring relief to famine victims in parts of Somalia controlled by al Shabaab insurgents as donors seek new ways...
Somali official slams “ineffective” famine response
Aid trickling in to famine-stricken Somalia is ineffective and donors should focus on propping up the war-shattered country's capacity to handle crisis,...
Hundreds dying daily as famine spreads in Somalia: UN
Famine has spread to six out of eight regions in southern Somalia, with 750 000 people facing imminent starvation, the United Nations...
Sudan rebels say Khartoum using food as a weapon
Rebels from South Kordofan, Sudan's main oil-producing state, accused Khartoum yesterday of using food as a weapon against the Nuba community and...
Somalia famine yet to reach its peak: UN
Food will be increasingly scarce in famine-struck southern Somalia until next year's harvest, the head of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR)...
Uganda officials fear more mudslides, death toll rises
The death toll from devastating landslides in eastern Uganda rose to 30 yesterday as bodies were retrieved from piles of sludge and...
More Somali famine victims fleeing to Yemen – UNHCR
There has been a jump in the number of Somalis, hit by famine, instability and high food prices who are fleeing to...
AU famine meet raises $351m, figure questioned
A much-delayed African Union summit held to raise money to tackle famine in Somalia and drought in the Horn of Africa held...
World Bank says famine in Horn of Africa is manmade
The famine in the Horn of Africa is manmade -- the result of artificially high prices for food and civil conflict, the...
Turkey to raise Africa profile with Somalia engagement
A summit of Islamic countries on the famine in Somalia will give host Turkey a chance to display Islamic piety and flex...
Famine squeezes life out of southern Somalia
The semi-arid lands surrounding the frontier town of Dhobley in southern Somalia have become a dust-bowl, the thorny scrub stripped of all...
Turkey’s Erdogan to visit famine-hit Somalia
Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said that he would visit famine-hit Somalia along with his family during the coming days as part...
Somali refugees pack capital after rebels quit
Thousands of Somali refugees, fleeing famine and years of violence, streamed into Mogadishu searching for food after Islamist rebels withdrew from the...
Istanbul to host emergency OIC meeting on African famine
The 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference will meet in Istanbul on Aug. 17 to discuss efforts to relieve a famine in...
US relaxes limits on Somalia aid as famine looms
The United States is working to get more relief into famine-ravaged southern Somalia and is reassuring aid agencies they will not be...
SA charity helping in Somalia
Two planes carrying a South African medical team, including dieticians, paediatricians and food supplies, have landed in famine-hit Somalia.
Humanitarian group Gift...
All south Somalia slipping into famine – UN
The whole of drought- and conflict-wracked southern Somalia is heading into famine as the Horn of Africa food crisis deepens, said the...
Australia urges world to work on Somalia famine relief
Australia urged the international community to rally behind the UN relief effort in the famine-struck Horn of Africa or risk hundreds of...
Somali rebels say famine label used for politics
Somali Islamist rebels accused the United Nations of exaggerating the severity of the drought gripping the south of the country and...
UN calls emergency meeting on east Africa famine
The United Nations has called an emergency meeting on July 25 to discuss mobilising aid for drought-stricken east Africa, where famine has...
UN raises aid fund appeal over Africa famine, Libya
The United Nations said it needs US$7.9 billion this year, US$500 million more than it had originally sought, to fund relief operations...
UN declares famine in two regions of south Somalia
The United Nations declared famine in two regions of southern Somalia, and warned that this could spread further within two months in...
Niger facing famine, millions at risk: president
Millions of people are threatened by famine in Niger, the new military ruler said yesterday in a message that contrasted starkly with...
Over half Niger’s population faces hunger: report
More than half of the population of Niger will go without food at some point this year, according to a leaked official...
“Strong risk” of famine in Africa’s Sahel: EU
Millions in West Africa's arid Sahel belt could face famine this year unless the world acts quickly to help, the European Union's...
