Famines are not common. When a famine is declared it means people are already dying. And the last time this happened, six years ago in the Horn of Africa, the cause was a natural one: drought. This ...

That's not right. Conflict, climate change, and bad policy all play a role in creating the right conditions for hunger and famine. One in five people in Africa do not have access to adequate food, and ...

Some have likened the famine crisis in Africa to Katrina as an issue that could have been avoided. Famine has been a problem in Africa for a long time, but just as Cuba finds ways to protect its ...