Africa remains disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change despite producing only 2–3% of the world’s global emissions.
Global hunger and food insecurity are not new problems—both have steadily risen every year since 2014. However, as a result…
South Sudan is wracked by unfettered violence, ethnic cleansing, and famine. But now the government wants to charge aid workers $10,000 to operate in the country.
It's unclear whether the fee would apply only to newcomers or to those already there as well. Whatever the case, the amount is "absolutely unheard of globally."
Alex de Waal writes that modern famines do not occur by chance, but are rather the consequence of deliberate acts committed by political-military elites in pursuit of their strategic objectives.
Currently, 50 million people worldwide face the risk of famine, a reality exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. After…
After decades of progress, global hunger and malnutrition is on the rise. More than 735 million people…
In 2007, droughts in grain-producing nations, rising fuel prices, global unemployment, and famine sent shockwaves through the international community and…
