You are here

famine

Top story

In the provinces of North and South Kivu, WFP provides emergency food assistance to the internally displaced

UN launches new emergency operation to assist 1.2 million people in DR Congo

1 Oct 2012

The United Nations food relief agency today announced it has launched a new emergency operation for the next nine months which aims to assist some 1.2 million people in the Democratic Republic of...

Most recent

Famine in Somalia

Somalia suffers from worst drought in century
17 Jan 2012

Somalia suffers from worst drought in century: Women rush to a feeding centre after the soldiers...

Confluence of famine and conflict devastating for women and children in Somalia

Victims of famine seek treatment at Mogadishu hospital
17 Jan 2012

Victims of famine seek treatment at Mogadishu hospital: A mother cradles her malnourished and...

Horn of Africa: tackling the evils of famine

With 12.4 million people in the Horn of Africa in desperate need of food
17 Jan 2012

A mother looks at her malnourished child in Banadir Hospital in the Somali capital, Mogadishu:...

Africa’s famine response — too little, perhaps too late

15 Dec 2011

‘Africa should not wait’ for others to act