NAIROBI, Kenya – A decision by extremist Islamic militants to ban delivery of food aid and a "normalization of crisis" that numbed international donors to unfolding disaster made south-central Somalia ...
Over 14 million people across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya - about half of them children - are on the verge of starvation. Right now, people are dying of hunger in Somalia, and without action, we will ...
Between 2010 and 2012, more than a quarter of a million people died in the famine in Somalia – in part because the world was too slow to react, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Somalia said ...
As the UN announces that famine has spread in Somalia to three additional regions (making five in total now), the US has put the first number to the amount of children under 5 who have so far perished ...
Readers respond to an editorial about the need for more affordable housing. Also: El Niño and famine; Luke Morrison’s military museum. In “Freedom Round the Globe,” Sarah M.S. Pearsall tracks the ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...
Famine-hit areas of southern Somalia will likely spread in coming days, with the situation continuing to worsen despite massive international aid efforts, the United Nations has warned. “The situation ...
The link between climate change and violent conflict is a complex one. In specific circumstances changing weather patterns may lead to conflict. For example, people may be forced to leave their homes ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...