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| May. 9 |
North Korea |
Famine fears| North Koreans are dying because of food shortages in rural areas, and a massive famine is just a matter of time | |
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| Apr. 23 |
Baghdad |
Food, drugs run short in Sadr City| Red Cross: Weeks of fighting have destroyed the main market and isolated civilians from supplies of food and water | |
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| Apr. 17 |
North Korea |
North Korea at risk of famine, says U.N. North Korea may be on the brink of another famine as a result of floods, the increase in food prices, and a malnourished population
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| Feb.25 |
UN |
UN warns over food aid rationing  | The director of the World Food Program has said it is considering plans to ration food aid because of rising prices and a shortage of funds | |
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| Jan.23 |
Darfur |
Hijackings hit food distribution| A surge of truck hijackings threatens to cut off food rations for 2 million people after 22 of World Food Program vehicles were attacked | |
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| Jan.21 |
Gaza |
UN says Gaza facing food shortage UN food aid to about 860,000 people in the Strip will have to be suspended within days if Israel's blockade continues
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| Jan.9 |
Pakistan |
South Asia hit by food shortages People across South Asia are struggling to cope with a severe shortage of affordable wheat and rice
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| Jan.4 |
Kabul |
Afghanistan appeals for food aid Afghanistan is appealing to the international community to provide extra supplies of wheat to alleviate a shortage
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| Dec.3 |
UN |
UN says Somalia needs more help UN's humanitarian affairs chief, John Holmes: The international response to the crisis in Somalia has been inadequate
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| Apr.6 |
Global |
Billions face climate change risk Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Billions of people face shortages of food, water and flooding
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Floods: 340,000 homeless
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| Dec.7 |
Somalia |
Rains bring no relief to starving Somalis Somalis are still suffering from hunger linked to 2005 scorching drought
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| Nov.13 |
Zimbabwe |
Country short on food
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| Jul.23 |
Central Africa |
Famine response 'too little, too late'
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| May.10 |
Chad |
Refugee crisis 'overlooked'
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| Mar.5 |
Kenya |
Time short food 'crisis' The UN has warned there will be many deaths if immediate aid is not delivered to 3.5m people facing the starvation
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| Mar.4 |
Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe 'running out of wheat' The country has only 2 weeks of wheat supply left, while citizens are faced with soaring bread prices
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| Feb.20 |
UN |
U.N.: 11 million in Africa may starve
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| Feb.15 |
Tanzania |
Food needed for 3.7 million
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| Feb.14 |
East Africa |
Food crisis looms in African Horn
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| Jan.17 |
Kenya |
3.5 million Kenyans face starvation
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| Jan.6 |
East Africa |
U.N. says millions on 'brink of starvation'
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| Nov.23 |
Niger |
U.N. warns of food hardships
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Harbin water supplies cut off
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| Nov.1 |
Southern Africa |
Urgent appeal for Africa's south
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| Oct.16 |
Malawi |
Food crisis worsens
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| Oct.10 |
Guatemala |
Guatemala faces food crisis Boats and helicopters have begun carrying aid to villages cut off for days by flooding and mudslides
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| Sep.12 |
Niger |
Food aid is 'misdirected' Aid agencies estimate that large numbers of children have died as a result of the crisis
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| Aug.12 |
Niger |
President 'ignorant' of hunger
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| Aug.9 |
Niger |
President denies hunger claims Tanja has accepted there were food shortages but dismissed reports that his country is experiencing a famine
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| Aug.3 |
Niger |
Lucky few get food Emergency operations reached their first beneficiaries, but there was only enough for some of the hundreds
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| Jul.31 |
Niger |
U.N.: 2.5 million in Niger to get food aid The United Nations has more than doubled the number of Niger people it plans to feed
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| Jul.25 |
Niger |
Hungry await aid, harvest
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| Jul.23 |
Niger |
Aid funds finally flow
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| Jul.20 |
UN |
World 'ignores' Niger food crisis The UN top aid official has accused the international community of neglecting the 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 World Food Programme is optimistic that none of the survivors of the Asian tsunami will lose their lives to hunger
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175 dead in Buenos Aires club fire
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| Oct.15 |
Darfur |
'70,000 Darfur dead' since March UN official: displaced people have died mainly from disease and malnutrition
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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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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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