The drought-induced famine crisis in Somalia has eased somewhat, United Nations officials said on Friday, with the number of people facing imminent starvation dropping to nearly 250,000 from 750,00

A team of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, an international health research institution in Dhaka, has provided its assistance to famine-hit Somalia people to fi

Is the world about to watch 750,000 Somalis starve to death? The United Nations’ warnings could not be clearer.

India will provide humanitarian assistance of $8 million to the African countries afflicted by severe famine and drought such as Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti.

Aimed at helping the famine-hit people of Somalia fight cholera, a team of experts from International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) reached neighbouring Kenya on Sept

The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, an international health research institution in Dhaka, will provide its help to famine-hit people to fight cholera in Somalia.

The United Nations announced Monday that Somalia’s famine had spread to a sixth area within the country, with officials warning that 750,000 people could die in the next few months unless aid effor

Nairobi: Famine spread to a sixth southern Somalia region and will likely extend further in the coming four months, the United Nations said today.

African countries and donors pledged more than $350 million Thursday at a fund-raiser in the Ethiopian capital to help millions facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades.