In Umm Baru, nearly 53% of children ages 6 months to nearly 5 years suffered from acute malnutrition, while 32% of children ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. While many associate famines with starvation and empty plates, ...

When food is plentifully available in our community, why do so many go hungry? Participants in the recent Root Causes of Food Insecurity workshop more than 30 community members examined this question.

Famine declarations are relatively rare. But the leading international authority on hunger crises this week declared that regions of war-torn Sudan face catastrophic shortages of food, water and ...

This is excerpted from an "UN News" article initially published in March 2024: Amid growing global concerns over alarming hunger spikes in conflict-affected communities and talk of intensifying levels ...

PORT SUDAN, (Oct. 22, 2024) – Families in Sudan are eating grass to survive in an escalating hunger crisis, with famine-levels of malnutrition spreading across half of Sudan’s 18 states, said Save the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Famine has been averted in the Gaza Strip following an October ceasefire, but nearly 2,000 Palestinians still face ...