… 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, which stemmed from the deployment of U.S. troops to facilitate aid delivery after the overthrow of Mohamed Siad Barre's 21-year rule and the ensuing civil war that led to a devastating famine. The conflict was cemented in pop …

… famine, FAO Liaison Office Director in Moscow Oleg Kobyakov said. ";The situation in Gaza, on the West Bank, in the Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen is repeatedly on front pages of all the articles and in newscasts. These regions will be the area of top …

… series' central voices. "It was a risk we were willing to take."; The battle emerged from Somalia's political turmoil, where civil war and famine had devastated the nation. On October 3, 1993, U.S. Delta Force entered Mogadishu to capture …

… was soon dashed. The very next year, during the Somalia crisis of 1992, Burkle writes, “everything learned and gained from the Kurdish crisis had been forgotten.” Late that year, the U.S. dispatched 1,800 Marines to Somalia to assist with famine relief …

… queuing for relief food, once. It had been raining, and there was plenty of grain in farms, but not dry enough to be harvested. All this was nothing compared to the suffering of families in other arid and semi-arid lands that lose livestock to famine every …

… by famine, try to rebuild their lives in camps made of tins, tarps and rags in Mogadishu, on March 9. ABUUKAR MOHAMED MUHIDIN/GETTY IMAGES The lives of 51 million children in eastern and southern Africa are at risk, with their futures often hanging by …

… USAID Famine Early Warning System, which is the guiding mechanism for targeting food aid. When I took over as administrator of USAID in 2001, I worked to align the agency’s priorities with President George W. Bush’s foreign policy, as most USAID leaders do …

… people, and the biggest hunger crisis too. Famine has been detected in at least five areas, and is projected in five more by May. See our latest stories for more. Regional leaders meet on Congo crisis as fighting spreads Regional leaders are set to meet in …

… . Secretary of state Marco Rubio had said the administration was identifying and designating programmes that would be exempted from the sweeping stop-work orders, which have threatened efforts around the globe to stop the spread of disease, prevent famine …

… of overseas personnel would be recalled. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the administration was working to identify programs that would be exempt from the sweeping halt, which has jeopardized global efforts to fight disease, prevent famine, and …