Learn about a recent study that asserts the Andes Mountains in South America as the birthplace of a pathogen that has caused ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands ...

Famines are not common. When a famine is declared it means people are already dying. And the last time this happened, six years ago in the Horn of Africa, the cause was a natural one: drought. This ...

U.S. officials say they asked for — and got — the retraction of an independent monitor's warning of imminent famine in north Gaza.

Armed conflict, forced displacement and restricted humanitarian access are the leading causes of famine in Sudan, following a civil war that started in April 2023 between two factions locked in a ...

Famine is not a rhetorical or emotive term ... Learn more about drought, what causes it, and how we can support those most impacted.

Drought in Somalia, dead livestock. The last famine in Somalia was during 2011-2012. More than 250,000 people died, half of whom passed away before the famine was officially declared. Wilton ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have pinpointed the Andes Mountains as the birthplace of the infamous Irish ...

Famine has expanded to more areas of Sudan ... and at least two out of every 10,000 people dying from hunger-related causes a day. Over the past 15 years, the IPC has confirmed just four famines ...