Famine spreads to more towns in Sudan's Darfur region, hunger experts warn as war rages on

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

Outdated mortality benchmarks risk missing early signs of famine and delay recognizing mass starvation

Recent global crises have exposed the limits of a universal mortality threshold for declaring famine—an approach that can obscure how famine actually unfolds across different populations. In a paper ...
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African climate summit seeks to shift focus to finance from floods, famine

NAIROBI (Reuters) - How to finance environmental priorities and shift the focus from Africa as victim of floods and famine will be central to the debate at the continent's first climate summit next ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

American Charities Report Sluggish Giving for Africa Famine

American charities are reporting a tepid response to their fund-raising campaigns for famine-stricken East Africa, The New York Times says. Relief groups say they are receiving a slow trickle of ...
Reuters

African Union to hold delayed famine fundraiser

ADDIS ABABA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The African Union will hold a much delayed summit on Thursday to raise money to ease the Horn of Africa's famine after mounting criticism over the continent's weak ...