Depending on how much support a refugee has received, and how consistent their surroundings are in the non-home place they find themselves, they can go from trauma victim to trauma survivor.

The food crisis in the Horn of Africa is nothing short of a humanitarian catastrophe, but it is getting less attention than the latest Hollywood break-ups and make-ups.

There are no words to capture death by starvation but I bear witness to the fact: the young and old of Turkana are starving to death.

Despite heroic efforts by aid workers, the living conditions in Kenya's Camp Dadaab are unacceptable. Long-term solutions are needed.

This is the worst drought in eastern Africa in decades. The United States recently announced additional funding for this emergency. But much more is required to avert greater catastrophe.

We heard stories from motherswho had lost their husbands. Families who journeyed for weeks to arrive malnourished and in need of medical assistance. And parents who had heartbreaking stories of losing children in the flight from famine in Somalia.

11:32am EDT By Catherine Hornby and Deepa Babington ROME (Reuters) - Emergency food centers in drought-stricken eastern Africa are overwhelmed by t...

This summer I traveled to the Dadaab region in Kenya, where three refugee camps -- among the largest in the world -- host nearly 300,000 refugees.