In its latest report, the USAID-founded body also warned of excess mortality in a nation hit by war since December 2013, anticipating extreme lack of food in parts of Unity state.

The latest food security and nutrition assessment for Somalia released Tuesday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in collaboration with the Famine Early W

Luanda — A delegation of the European Union (EU) in Angola is announcing this Wednesday in Luanda the granting this year of EUR 1.3 million to fight hunger and malnutrition of children and vulnerab

The famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS Net) disclosed in a report seen by APA that famine is likely to hit the Sudanese conflict zones by March.

With so much the world focused on war, terrorism and the plight of a seemingly endless stream of refugees, it is no surprise that Somalia has been forgotten.

The World Health Organization said Monday it had deployed an emergency response team to help Ethiopia cope with its worst drought in decades due to El Niño.

A fog of suffocating smoke settles over the Indonesian countryside, sickening hundreds of thousands of people and triggering an environmental crisis.

The number of hungry Ethiopians needing food aid has risen sharply this year to 4.5 million due to poor rains and the El Nino weather phenomenon, the UN has said.

Severe and prolonged drought is threatening Central America's so-called dry corridor with critical food shortages for the second year in a row.

The International Forum of Nongovernment Organisations in Nigeria, INGO, says nearly four million displaced people are "facing acute levels of hunger" and face difficulty eating every day.