Aerial view of flooded Maasai Mara National Reserve, that left dozens of tourists stranded in Narok County, Kenya, Wednesday, ...

Famine & Drought More Jill Biden seeks more aid for East Africa in visit to drought-stricken region Hunger in Somalia is putting "a child per minute" into hospitals ...

Baidoa, surrounded by Al-Shabab militants, is at the heart of Somalia's worst drought in 40 years. Aid groups warn of impending famine. "The needs are overwhelming," says a UNICEF specialist.

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A decade ago, there was Famine, which killed a quarter-million people. Somalis say the current drought is worse than any they can remember. It doesn’t yet have a name.

The 1984 famine in Ethiopia took the lives of 1 million people, driven in part by drought, conflict, and the policy choices of national and regional authorities. Estimates suggest around 1 million ...

Historic famine looms as drought grips East Africa Four failed rainy seasons and supply chain disruptions threaten millions with food insecurity.

Famine will hit parts of Somalia between October and December. That was the verdict of Martin Griffiths, the U.N. humanitarian chief, who spoke to reporters from Mogadishu, the war-torn, drought ...

Read More: Drought and the Ukraine War Are Pushing Somalia Toward a Catastrophic Famine The warnings this time are not vague; they’re supported by reams of data: sophisticated rainfall measuring ...

A rare famine declaration could be made within weeks. Climate change and fallout from the war in Ukraine are in part to blame. Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember.

The worst drought in 40 years is pushing Somalia to the brink. If it triggers a rare famine declaration, the militant group Al Shabab will also be to blame.