Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. While many associate famines with starvation and empty plates, ...

Famine is now occurring in Gaza City, according to the world’s leading authority on food crises. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification released an analysis Friday, saying more than half a ...

Research on World War II’s Dutch “Hunger Winter” has terrifying implications for Gaza’s malnourished children – and then for their children. According to the groundbreaking work of Dutch researcher ...

Famine is the most severe form of acute food insecurity. How, and when, is famine declared? And what happens next? Your questions answered. On May 4, 2025, a health worker at a UNICEF-supported ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - People fill water containers at a free distribution point due to water outages in Khartoum, Sudan, on Jan. 30, 2026. (AP ...

A powerful El Niño is forming. Here is what happened during the 1870s global famine, how this event differs and what it could ...

Hunger killed an estimated 4 million people in Ukraine between 1932 and 1933 — the result of Holodomor, a famine inflicted by the Stalin-led Soviet regime. New research shows how the harm experienced ...

For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine. Gaza’s population of more than 2 million people relies almost entirely on outside ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Famine threatens more towns in Sudan’s Darfur region, with two areas now showing famine-level acute malnutrition ...

For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine. Earlier this month, Israel eased a weekslong blockade on the territory as a result ...

FILE - Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File) (Jehad ...