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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 shortage | |
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| Dec.26 |
Zimbabwe |
Child malnutrition rises Acute child malnutrition in parts of the country has increased by almost two-thirds compared with last year
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| May.19 |
Ethiopia |
Ethiopian millions 'risk hunger'| Unicef: Six million children in Ethiopia are at risk of acute malnutrition following the failure of rains | |
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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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| 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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| Mar.30 |
Iraq |
Children 'starving' in new Iraq UN: More than a quarter of children are chronically undernourished
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| Aug.10 |
Darfur |
Starvation stalks youngest in Darfur Doctors estimate one in five children is severely malnourished
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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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| May.21 |
Southern Africa |
'On brink of famine' Aid agency Save the Children says that 19 million are facing drastic food shortages caused by floods followed by drought
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| Nov.20 |
Afghanistan |
120,000 children face famine UNICEF is very concerned about the coming winter, which would leave people vulnerable in the
war-torn area
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