Within the ice fields of Mount Kilimanjaro, scientists have made an amazing find: they’ve discovered proof of a drought so ...

The patriarchs in the Bible were the fathers of the nation of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Through these three men, the ...

In the first act of the wittiest Irish play of the nineteenth century, Oscar Wilde’s “Importance of Being Earnest,” there is much ado about a shortage of food. The fearsome Aunt Augusta is ...

There are a good 10 famine areas where that has been declared, where people have no food, where people are dying of hunger. Out of the 10, we only have access to four. So six we, at this point in ...

Aid halt endangers Gaza civilians, UN agency warns Israeli measures affect Gaza's water and power supply 'No electricity, no water, no life,' says resident Red Cross says all aid supplies in Gaza ...

Instead, he cites reams of evidence to show that famine is not imminent. He also points out that Malthus became less pessimistic after a few years and cheekily observes that “Malthus was not a ...

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors drought, crop production, food prices and other indicators in order to forecast food insecurity in more than 30 countries. Funded by ...

His latest book is Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine. From 1845 to 1851, Irish potato crops were destroyed by a novel pathogen, the fungus-like organism Phytophthora infestans.

Today, two million people in 27 locations across Sudan are now experiencing famine or on the brink of it. The Sudanese army controls northern and eastern regions, while the militia and their allies ...

The East African country faced famine in 2022, but a scale-up in humanitarian assistance helped to avert catastrophe. Today, food insecurity on the increase once again, with 3.4 million people already ...