The Great Chinese Famine reveals how an authoritarian state, driven by ideology and falsified data, inflicted more damage on ...

UN Secretary General António Guterres on Friday described the situation in the Gaza Strip as a "man-made disaster," after an international food security authority formally declared famine in part of ...

The international organization that monitors hunger crises around the world has declared that parts of Gaza are in famine. The U.N.-backed group of experts said that half a million people in Gaza, a ...

In the summer of 1985, images of emaciated children in Ethiopia shocked the world and prompted one of the biggest charity concerts ever: Live Aid. Megastars like Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, Madonna ...

For decades, the U.S. has led the charge in detecting and preventing famines. Washington created the world's first famine early warning system called FEWS NET. But that system went offline in January ...

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a UN-affiliated global initiative, is expected to formally declare a famine in Gaza City in a position paper submitted to the UN Security ...