Over 14 million people across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya - about half of them children - are on the verge of starvation. Right now, people are dying of hunger in Somalia, and without action, we will ...

NAIROBI, Kenya: The 2011 Somali famine killed an estimated 260,000 people, half of them age 5 and under, according to a new report to be published this week that more than doubles previous death toll ...

The recurring climate phenomenon is expected to peak later this year, but it is already causing dry spells and crop failures on three continents. By Raymond Zhong and Chico Harlan Readers respond to ...

Drought and erratic rains could lead to further food scarcities in Africa warns the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The WFP singles out South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, and Niger as ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — A decision by extremists Islamist militants to ban food aid and international donors numb to a series of unfolding disasters made south-central Somalia the most dangerous place in the ...

The link between climate change and violent conflict is a complex one. In specific circumstances changing weather patterns may lead to conflict. For example, people may be forced to leave their homes ...

A malnourished Somali baby at the Banadir hospital in Mogadishu. Almost 260,000 Somali people, half of them children, died of dire hunger from 2010 to 2012, greatly more than was feared at the time ...

NAIROBI, Kenya – A decision by extremist Islamic militants to ban delivery of food aid and a "normalization of crisis" that numbed international donors to unfolding disaster made south-central Somalia ...