The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the ...

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A vital, US-run monitoring system focused on spotting food crises before they turn into famines has gone dark after the Trump ...

A guide to Boston's Irish Heritage Trail and a look at the five new stops being added along the 2.8-mile trail this summer.

The latest round of Israeli violence was accompanied by warnings about the spread of famine in the Gaza Strip.

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Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have been killed in the fighting which began in November 2020, with millions ...

Here is a look at famine, a severe and prolonged hunger in a significant portion of a region or country’s population that results in malnutrition and death by starvation and disease. To assess a ...

According to Vaclav Smil, the problem in much of the world is not too little food but too much, which leads to high rates of ...

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors drought, crop production, food prices and other indicators in order to forecast food insecurity in more than 30 countries. Funded by ...

In the Darfur region, largely controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, hunger is taking a devastating toll.

By 1845, one-third of U.K. residents lived in Ireland and nearly all of them relied on a single potato strain—a disaster ...