A famine has not yet been declared in Gaza, but the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has activated its famine review committee to assess the situation.

"Famine" is a word freighted with dread of hunger and privation, dating back to the dawn of humanity. More recently, though, it has been codified scientifically to help policymakers and focus ...

When we think of famine, we quickly think of a natural disaster, while there are often political causes as well. A famine like Ukraine's Holodomor (1932–1933) is now recognized by more and more ...

Paramilitary forces at war with the military in Sudan are preventing life-saving aid from reaching many people in the famine-hit Darfur region, the United Nations' top humanitarian official in the ...

A global monitoring agency has reported that there is a high probability of famine in 14 regions across the African nation of Sudan if the war that began in April last year escalates. The sharply ...

The United States' system for monitoring famine globally has been taken offline amid President Donald Trump's order for a ...

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 ...