Americans usually overestimate the amount of money that goes to foreign aid, pinning it between 8 and 25 percent of ...

When we think of famine, we quickly think of a natural disaster, while there are often political causes as well. A famine ...

Mao Zedong's Great Sparrow Campaign aimed to eliminate pests but led to ecological imbalance and a catastrophic famine.

Learn about one of the worst disasters in Irish history, second only to the Black Death pandemic in death toll estimates - the Great Famine. Also referred to as "The Great Hunger", the Famine ...

Throughout its history, Ethiopia has experienced famine — according to one historian, at least one every decade on average between the 15th and 19th centuries. The Great Ethiopian Famine alone ...

Between 1845 and 1849, Ireland was affected by a famine. This famine killed an estimated one million people either from starvation or disease. Thousands of people emigrated to America across the ...

Queen Victoria - who was dubbed Ireland's 'Famine Queen' by revolutionary Maud Gonne - died on January 22, 1901. The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had a deep ...

Gutmanis called that realization the beginning of her research on the impact of the famine on the Ukrainian community in the state. In 2019, she began an oral history project with funding from the ...

But their good fortune would soon end. A natural calamity was about to throw the Honourable Company into the biggest crisis in its history. Famine had long been a part of life in Bengal ...

Let us emphasize right away that Sudan is not experiencing nor can experience a severe famine. Upon examining the FRC [Famine Reiew Committee] report we couldn't but think that the issue of hunger ...