American charities are reporting a tepid response to their fund-raising campaigns for famine-stricken East Africa, The New York Times says. Relief groups say they are receiving a slow trickle of ...

Famine has officially been declared in at least one refugee camp sheltering hundreds of thousands of people in the Darfur region of Sudan, food security organizations announced, a stark warning of the ...

OSLO, Norway -- Humanitarian groups criticized McDonald's for a new sandwich called the McAfrika, saying the offering is poorly timed because millions of Africans are facing starvation. But aid ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...