The U.N.'s World Food Programme says it will suspend various food and nutritional assistance in vulnerable countries across West and Central Africa as a result of U.S. aid cuts that have left the ...

At least six million Kenyans have minimally adequate food consumption but are unable to afford some essential non-food expenditures without engaging in stress-coping strategies. This assessment is ...

Despite a brief uptick in rainfall across the continent, critical water shortages persist, particularly in major river basins ...

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Somalia and Uganda also saw dramatic drops in acute food insecurity (2.2-million- and 1.2-million-person declines, respectively) because of the breaking of the 2020-2023 East Africa drought.

East Africa's worst drought in 40 years has forced millions of Somalis to leave their homes. Five consecutive failed rainy seasons pushed the fragile nation to the brink of famine, and this year ...

East Africa’s worst drought in at least 40 years, which has displaced more than a million people and pushed millions more to the brink of famine, would not have happened if not for human-caused ...

Why famine hasn't been declared in East Africa A crisis of extreme hunger is threating millions in East Africa. However, international aid has not been able to meet the need.

Donors need to provide cash now to save lives and not wait for famine to be declared in parts of East Africa where tens of millions of people are going hungry, the head of the International Rescue ...