An East African drought has caused Somalia’s worst food shortage in 50 years. Livestock is dying in droves, and families are starving. The war in Ukraine means less food gets imported into the country.
Drought and famine in East Africa threaten millions with starvation. Dry conditions aren’t uncommon for the region, but over the last few years, things have gotten worse.
Famine looms as the fourth year of drought unfolds in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. Oxfam International warns that starvation will claim one life every 36 seconds between now and the end of the year in East Africa.
The worst drought in the Horn of Africa in more than 40 years looks almost certain to persist after the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday that forecasts for October-December show a high chance of drier-than-average conditions.
Kenya is in a world of hurt. “They look at having no food to feed their families [and] no money to pay school fees or buy the things they need,” Joy Mueller of Kenya Hope says.
As the Ethiopian civil war drags on, Tigray remains cut off from the rest of the world. The northern region languishes in famine, and hospitals commonly run out of supplies.
More than a half-million children need immediate food aid as severe drought grips Kenya. The other day, Kenya received a $1 million aid package from the United Kingdom to help alleviate starvation.
In the embattled Tigray region of Ethiopia, continued civil war threatens the population with famine and starvation.
Yemen is one of the hardest places in the world for anyone to hear about Jesus, and yet the Holy Spirit is moving amid war and famine. Believers we cannot name for security purposes say more than 160 people have turned to Christ each year for the […]
For months, civil war has raged in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The fighting has demolished infrastructure and threatened famine. Despite recent talk of a ceasefire, no end to the violence appears to be in sight.
An annual U.S. State Department report released on Thursday said discriminatory policies perpetuated human trafficking, drawing a link with systemic racism in the United States and abroad for the first time.
In honour of their contribution to tackling global hunger in 2020 in the midst of continued conflict, famine and the Covid-19 pandemic the World Food Programme has been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize.
