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| May. 2 |
Somalia |
Somalia famine 'killed 260,000' Nearly 260,000 people died during the famine that hit Somalia from 2010 to 2012. Half of them were children under the age of five
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| Aug.3 |
North Korea |
N. Koreans in desperate need of food after floods
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| May. 2 |
Somalia |
Somalia famine 'killed 260,000'| Nearly 260,000 people died during the famine that hit Somalia from 2010 to 2012. Half of them were children under the age of five | |
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| Aug.3 |
North Korea |
N. Koreans in desperate need of food after floods The World Food Program is stepping in to feed people in North Korea, where floods have ruined crops and left nearly 63,000 homeless
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| Jun.7 |
Southern Sudan |
Violence, hunger plague South Sudan The world's newest nation is coping with a massive humanitarian crisis wrought by fighting
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| Mar.8 |
West Africa |
Oxfam warns of West Africa crisis
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| Feb.14 |
India |
Food prices 'hit poor families'
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| Jan.18 |
Sudan |
Sudan faces potential famine
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| Jan.17 |
East Africa |
East Africa drought delay 'cost lives'
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| Jan.15 |
Somalia |
Somali famine 'to kill thousands'
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| Sep.5 |
Somalia |
Somalia famine 'may kill 750,000'| As many as 750,000 people could die as Somalia's drought worsens in the coming months, the UN has warned, declaring a famine in a new area | |
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| Aug.13 |
Somalia |
Somalia PM orders aid protection
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| Aug.12 |
Somalia |
U.N.: Not enough money to fight famine
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| Aug.3 |
Somalia |
Somalia's famine reaches into Mogadishu Map of Mogadishu Somalia| Three more regions of Somalia have now been struck by famine, including the capital, Mogadishu, the United Nations announced | |
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| Aug.2 |
Somalia |
Al Qaeda affiliate threatens starving
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| Jul.22 |
Somalia |
Militants: Aid ban in Somalia still in place Islamist militants in Somalia have reversed a pledge to allow foreign aid agencies to operate in famine-struck regions in the nation
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| Jul.20 |
Somalia |
US to aid Islamist Somali areas The US has said it will send aid to famine-hit areas of Somalia controlled by the Islamist group al-Shabab
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Somalia |
U.N. declares famine in southern Somalia
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| Jul.19 |
Somalia |
UN to declare famine in Somalia| The United Nations is set to declare a famine in parts of Somalia as it suffers the worst drought in more than half a century | |
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| Jul.9 |
Somalia |
UN calls for aid inside Somalia
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| Jul.5 |
Somalia |
UNHCR in 'human tragedy' warning
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| Nov.16 |
North Korea |
N Korea facing hunger due to grain deficit UN: About 5 million North Koreans will continue to face food shortages. The government plans to import only 325,000 metric tons
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| Sep.14 |
UN |
World hunger down but still unacceptable |
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| Aug.19 |
Global |
Several nations facing food shortage |
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| May.11 |
Kiribati |
'Starving' islanders saved by sailor |
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| Mar.8 |
Bangladesh |
Burma refugees 'face starvation' An American Physicians for Human Rights has warned that thousands of Burmese refugees in Bangladesh are facing starvation
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| Mar.2 |
Ethiopia |
Famine aid 'spent on weapons' |
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| Jan.5 |
Somalia |
More than 1 million in Somalia going hungry |
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| Oct.22 |
North Korea |
N Korea food shortage 'desperate' A UN rights expert says the food situation is desperate, with aid from the World Food Program reaching only one-third of the hungry
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| Oct.15 |
UN |
More than 1 billion going hungry, U.N. say World Food Programme: The global economic crisis has caused a spike in world hunger that has left more than a billion undernourished
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| Sep.28 |
East Africa |
Oxfam launches East Africa appeal |
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| Sep.24 |
East Africa |
UN warns over East Africa hunger More than 20 million people in the Horn of Africa need food aid because of two years of poor rainfall, the World Food Program
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| Sep.16 |
UN |
UN World Food Program issues appeal |
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| Sep.9 |
Guatemala |
Food crisis at emergency level President Alvaro Colom, speaking in TV has declared a state of national calamity because so many citizens do not have food or proper nutriti...
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| Aug.27 |
Kenya |
U.N. seeks $230M to fight Kenya hunger The 3-year failure of annual rains has reduced crop output, the main source of food for the country of 37 million, and prompted power ration...
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| Aug.19 |
Zimbabwe |
5 million Zimbabweans face starvation |
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| Jul.9 |
Italy |
G8 summit to tackle food supplies Leaders of the developed nations are to unveil new efforts to boost food supplies to the hungry, during the final day of their summit
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| Jun.19 |
UN |
World hunger 'hits one billion' One billion people throughout the world suffer from hunger, a number which has increased by 100 million because of the global financial crisis
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| Mar.24 |
Darfur |
U.N.: One million people at risk in Darfur More than one million people are at risk of losing food, water and shelter in coming months, following the expulsion of international aid groups
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| Dec.27 |
Zimbabwe |
Children 'wasting away' - aid group The report from Save the Children: Some of Zimbabwe's children are wasting away as political turmoil and crisis have caused a severe food sh...
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| Nov.15 |
Gaza |
U.N. agency in Gaza runs out of food A United Nations aid agency whose supply lines have been cut off couldn't help Gaza residents seeking humanitarian assistance
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| Jul.30 |
North Korea |
U.N.: Millions at risk in N.K. food crisis
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| Jun.12 |
UN Security Council |
Zimbabwe is worsening, UN warns
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| Jun.4 |
Somalia |
Red Cross: Somalia facing severe famine
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| May.22 |
UN |
U.N.: Poor could pay 40% more for food The world's poorest countries could pay 40% more for food this year than they did last year because of rising prices
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| May.19 |
Ethiopia |
Ethiopian millions 'risk hunger'
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| Feb.25 |
UN |
UN warns over food aid rationing
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| Jan.23 |
Darfur |
Hijackings hit food distribution
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| Jan.21 |
Gaza |
UN says Gaza facing food shortage
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| Jan.4 |
Kabul |
Afghanistan appeals for food aid
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| Apr.6 |
Global |
Billions face climate change risk
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| Dec.7 |
Somalia |
Rains bring no relief to starving Somalis
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| Mar.5 |
Kenya |
Time short food 'crisis'
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| Mar.4 |
Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe 'running out of wheat'
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| Oct.10 |
Guatemala |
Guatemala faces food crisis
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| Sep.12 |
Niger |
Food aid is 'misdirected'
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| Aug.9 |
Niger |
President denies hunger claims
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| Aug.3 |
Niger |
Lucky few get food
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| Jul.31 |
Niger |
U.N.: 2.5 million in Niger to get food aid |
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| Jul.20 |
UN |
World 'ignores' Niger food crisis |
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| Jul.18 |
Niger |
Children starving to death| 3.6m people in Niger face severe food shortages caused by a drought and a plague of locusts | |
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| Jan.8 |
UN |
UN upbeat on tsunami hunger aid |
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| Oct.15 |
Darfur |
'70,000 Darfur dead' since March |
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| Aug.10 |
Darfur |
Starvation stalks youngest in Darfur |
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| Jun.9 |
Darfur |
Children dying of hunger Hundreds of children have started to starve to death in war-torn province of Darfur
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| Jun.2 |
Darfur |
WHO seeks urgent action in Sudan |
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| Feb.8 |
North Korea |
Food aid dries up |
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| Nov.11 |
Ethiopia |
Famine threat to 15 million |
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| Nov.20 |
Afghanistan |
120,000 children face famine |
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