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Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa

Africa remains disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change despite producing only 2–3% of the world’s global emissions.

August 29, 2022

Famine Risk & Prevention

October 1, 2021
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Famine Risk and Prevention Spot Report

Global hunger and food insecurity are not new problems—both have steadily risen every year since 2014. However, as a result…

October 20, 2021
InterAction Quoted

Famine-Wracked South Sudan Now Wants To Charge Aid Workers For Help

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.

March 9, 2017
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InterAction Statement on Looming Threat of Famine in Tigray

Considering the rapidly-deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, InterAction released the following statement: The United Nations (U.N.) is…

June 4, 2021
InterAction Quoted

Window of opportunity to prevent famine in Somalia is closing, Principals of Inter-Agency Standing Committee warn

September 6, 2022
In the News

South Sudan Will Now Charge $10,000 For An Aid Worker Permit. Why?

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."

March 23, 2017
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A Wrong Inflicted: Mass Starvation in the 21st Century

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.

May 3, 2019
Statement

NGO Call to Action: Our Statement on the Global Food Security Crisis

Right now, 49 million people are at risk of falling into famine. In the next three months, life-threatening hunger…

July 20, 2022
A man in work clothes prepares to take a USAID-branded cardboard box of vegetable oil from another person off-camera who is standing above him on the back of a truck.
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Conflict-Induced Hunger: Linking the War in Ukraine to the Global Food Insecurity Crisis

Currently, 50 million people worldwide face the risk of famine, a reality exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. After…

August 29, 2022