While famine has so far been averted in Somalia ... As conditions continue to worsen due to drought and insecurity, hundreds of thousands of people across the Horn of Africa region are being forced to ...

What USAID’s dismantling means for famine tracking tools, and a glimpse into the new future of U.S. humanitarian assistance.

A powerful militia group has sought to use food as a weapon, withholding supplies from the hungry in a bid to coerce men and ...

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 ...

Famine has been on the decline for the last 60 years, but recent conflict, bad weather, locusts in the Horn of Africa, and now the COVID-19 pandemic are all making people more vulnerable. Read more ...

A mother helps her malnourished son stand after he collapsed near their hut in the village of Lomoputh in northern Kenya Source: Getty ...

The Horn of Africa is a region marked by a complex tapestry of challenges, where political instability, economic underdevelopment, and social fragmentation intersect.

Africa and Pakistan are now battling outbreaks of polio, threatening the extraordinary progress the world has made in fighting the almost-extinct disease. In the Horn of Africa, there are now 121 ...

People in the Horn of Africa are praying for rain ... Drought in Somalia, dead livestock. The last famine in Somalia was during 2011-2012. More than 250,000 people died, half of whom passed ...

In 2011, famine in Somalia killed 260,000 people ... and yet is feeling the impact most severely. Right now, the Horn of Africa is experiencing an extreme, persistent drought after four consecutive ...