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Famine in Sudan Spreads: Deliberate or Fortuitous?

The spectre of famine is casting a long, dark shadow over Sudan. A nation already grappling with decades of conflict, political instability, and economic hardship now faces a humanitarian crisis.

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Somalia: Coastline Donates $1.4m To Tackle Famine

Coastline Exploration Limited has donated $1.4m in food aid to 6,000 households in Somalia to help with the famine relief effort. The food will be donated across three areas, Barawe.

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Famine Threatens Somalia – UN predicts

The United Nations has predicted famine in Somalia in no distant time saying, it would occur later this year in the southern Bay region. “Famine is at the door” in.

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UN Chief Makes Surprise Visit to Somalia to Focus on Famine

  By Harun Maruf   U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Somalia needs “massive support” to prevent a repeat of the 2011 famine that killed 260,000 people.   Guterres made a.

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Nigeria: World Donors Gather to Raise Emergency Aid to Tackle Famine in North-East

  UN aid agencies and donor countries recently gathered in Oslo for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions of people threatened by famine in northeastern Nigeria, a.

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Famine-Hit South Sudanese Eat Weeds and Water Lilies to Survive

Like thousands of other South Sudanese families caught up in famine, Sara Dit and her 10 children are hiding from marauding gunmen in the swamps and islands of the river.

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U.N. Urgently Seeks $4Bln Aid to Avert Famine for 20Mln in Africa

More than $4 billion is needed by the end of March to help nearly 20 million people who risk starvation in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, United Nations Secretary.

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UN Boosts Aid for Ethiopia, Somalia to Head off Famine

U.N. aid agencies are appealing to international donors to provide money to scale up lifesaving operations in drought-stricken Ethiopia and Somalia, where millions of hungry people are at risk of.

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Parts of South Sudan Experiencing Famine – Government Official

Parts of war-ravaged South Sudan have been hit by famine, a senior government official said on Monday, saying nearly half the country’s population would be food insecure by July. “In.

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