Famine, Food and the 'F' Word
Focus on the famine, but don't overlook the larger food picture. We simply don't know how -- or even whether -- the world can feed a population of 9 billion or higher by mid-century.
Focus on the famine, but don't overlook the larger food picture. We simply don't know how -- or even whether -- the world can feed a population of 9 billion or higher by mid-century.
Bono | Posted 12.03.2011
Akbar Ahmed | Posted 11.30.2011
There is never a dearth of funds for magnificent mosques, but when it comes to alleviating the mass starvation of a people, Muslims are coming up short.
AP | Posted 11.08.2011
By Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — International donors are spending nearly half a billion dollars to feed starving Kenyans, even after tens ...
The Guardian | Posted 11.04.2011
The head of an international medical charity has called on aid agencies to stop presenting a misleading picture of the famine in Somalia and admit tha...
Kari Stoever | Posted 10.31.2011
Similar to the 1930s across the American Great Plain states, prolonged drought in southern Somalia has turned the region into a dust-bowl, causing widespread famine and a mass exodus into neighboring countries in search of for food, water, shelter and hope.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 10.18.2011
Aid workers struggling to combat the massive famine in Somalia say that complex American counter-terrorism rules are still impeding the delivery of ai...
Iman | Posted 10.13.2011
Somali people are suffering and dying not just because the rains failed, but also because the policy of the U.S. and the larger international community toward Somalia has failed.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 10.08.2011
The Obama administration is facing more hurdles in its efforts to expedite aid to Somalia, as humanitarian workers remain confused about a week-old U....
AP | BRADLEY KLAPPER | Posted 10.02.2011
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration sought to assure aid groups Tuesday that they can deliver desperately needed food to famine-stricken parts...
BBC | Posted 10.02.2011
Kenyans have donated nearly $200,000 (£122,000) via mobile phone banking for aid to victims of the worst drought in the region in 60 years. The BB...
The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 09.27.2011
At least six people died and 39 were wounded Thursday when al Qaeda-linked militants launched an attack aimed at famine relief efforts in Mogadishu, S...
HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Fung | Posted 09.27.2011
The famine in Somalia has only gotten worse with each passing day. The United Nations is calling it the “worst humanitarian disaster” in the world...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 09.20.2011
WASHINGTON – International organizations working to mitigate the devastating famine conditions in Somalia are actively looking for alternative solut...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 09.19.2011
WASHINGTON -- The United Nations has officially declared the food crisis in parts of Somalia a "famine" and reiterated its desperate call for more aid...
Robert Walker | Posted 12.20.2011