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, ...

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 ...

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) issued a report Friday stating Northern Gaza’s citizens are threatened by an “imminent and substantial likelihood of extreme famine.” The ...

World Central Kitchen founder believes the war could cause a ‘silent’ collapse of the global fertilizer trade ...

By Aaron Ross NAIROBI, May 14 (Reuters) - A district in southern Somalia is at risk of famine, a U.N.-sponsored report said on Thursday, the first time that part of the country has reached such a ...

The world’s leading food insecurity authority has officially declared famine in Gaza, after officials finally determined that Israel’s almost two year long, near-total blockade on the 2 million ...

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 ...

Six million people in Somalia are facing crisis levels of food insecurity from a lack of rain and spiking food and water prices due to the Middle East war, United Nations-backed experts and ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza, where around 300,000 people still remain, and is at risk of happening any time between now and May, according to a new report by experts who ...