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The leading international authority on food crises says the "worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza" ...
East Africa is experiencing what U.S. State Department officials say is quickly becoming one of the worst humanitarian crises in decades. Here is how you can help.
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The 2011 Somali famine killed an estimated 260,000 people, half of them age 5 and younger, according to a new report to be published this week that more than doubles previous ...
T he word ‘famine’ may be a familiar one, but it is not thrown around lightly by the people who decide when there is one. The fact that most of us today probably associate the term with the ...
The United Nations and NGOs are warning of an imminent famine in the Gaza Strip -- a designation based on strict criteria and ...
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, states that the formal declaration of a famine comes with caution.