Famine
Clay quells hunger in famine-hit Madagascar
"We call it survival soil because it allows the acidic taste of tamarind to seep into our mouths, which staves off hunger," said Doday Fandilava Noelisona, a 35...
The country has endured a five year war between Iranian-backed Huthi rebels and government forces.
The Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme warned that a "toxic combination of conflict, economic decline, climate extremes and the COVID-19 pandemic ... is driving people further into the emergency phase of food insecurity".
Zimbabwe's economy has been in a slump for more than a decade, experiencing multiple climate and economic related shocks including chronic shortages of cash, fuel, medicines and food.
The WFP says that 60% of Zimbabwe's 15 million people are currently food insecure.
These included Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, whose ongoing four-year war has killed tens of thousands of people, including many civilians, according to humanitarian organisations.
These included Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, whose ongoing four-year war has killed tens of thousands of people, including many civilians, according to humanitarian organisations.
Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, and Syria were among the eight nations accounting for two-thirds of the total number of people worldwide exposed to the risk of famine.
Agricultural production is chronically poor in the North, which has periodically been hit by famine, with hundreds of thousands dying - some estimates say millions - in the mid-1990s.
Maps showing famine risk and internal displacement in Yemen.
Disruption to supplies coming through the embattled Red Sea port of Hodeida could 'cause starvation on an unprecedented scale,' the British based NGO said in a new report.
The worst drought in living memory is sweeping parts of eastern Australia, leaving farmers struggling to cope and many of them asking questions about the future.
Some 1.5 million people are on the brink of famine in the northeast, where the jihadist group has killed more than 20,000 people and forced 2.7 million to flee.
In the face of famine, people are dying and unless political decisions change, deaths will increase exponentially.
The Food Security Information Network says that in 2017 widespread food insecurity is likely to persist in Iraq, Syria, Malawi and Zimbabwe,
More than 20 million people risk dying from starvation within six months in the four countries due to conflict and climate change.
Famines are extreme events in which large populations lack adequate access to food, leading to widespread malnutrition and deaths.
Some 110 people in southern Somalia have died within 48 hours from famine and diarrhea, both resulting from drought, the prime minister said.
The refuge has a steep price: families cannot farm crops or earn money to buy food.