Famine
Yemen in 'imminent danger' of world's worst famine in decades: UN
The country has endured a five year war between Iranian-backed Huthi rebels and government forces.
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UN warns of famine risk in world hotspots
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".
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UN launches famine and virus aid plan in Zimbabwe
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.
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Hunger stalks southern Africa as climate crisis deepens
The WFP says that 60% of Zimbabwe's 15 million people are currently food insecure.
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N Korea admits farming failures amid food shortages
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.
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Yemen famine crisis
Maps showing famine risk and internal displacement in Yemen.
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5.2 million children at famine risk in Yemen: charity
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.
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Australia’s drought is like a cancer eating away at farms and families
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.
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UN: Lack of clean water poses extra threat to millions facing famine
More than 20 million people risk dying from starvation within six months in the four countries due to conflict and climate change.
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21st century famines have nothing to do with a lack of food
Famines are extreme events in which large populations lack adequate access to food, leading to widespread malnutrition and deaths.
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Famine-hit South Sudanese eat weeds and water lilies to survive
The refuge has a steep price: families cannot farm crops or earn money to buy food.
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1.4 million African children at imminent risk of starvation
The World Food Programme says 20 million lives are at risk in the next six months.
