GENEVA, July 21 (UNHCR) - Famine, drought and conflict have forced over 160,000 Somalis to flee and seek help in the region so far this year. Many of them arrive in neighbouring Djibouti, Ethiopia and ...

Famine is the most severe form of acute food insecurity. How, and when, is famine declared? And what happens next? Your questions answered. On May 4, 2025, a health worker at a UNICEF-supported ...

Parts of Somalia are at real risk of famine at the start of 2026, a Somali minister has warned – with the number of people classified in “food emergency” having tripled in the country’s South West ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 2 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency's plans to deliver assistance to up to 180,000 people in Mogadishu and south-central Somalia are being threatened by the latest fighting in the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was last updated on September 11, 2025. Please refer to our explainer article for the latest updates on the crisis in Gaza. Huda Abed Maarouf will never forget the moment ...

For months, headlines warned of an impending famine in Gaza — images of starving children, shattered infrastructure and humanitarian collapse filled the news. On Aug. 22, 2025, the Integrated Food ...

CAIRO — Famine has spread to two regions of war-torn Sudan, including a major city in Darfur where paramilitary fighters have been rampaging, a global hunger monitoring group said Monday, as the war ...