Somalia’s children face death by starvation as famine takes hold Tuesday, September 20 by ABC News(BAIDOA, Somalia) -- At an encampment in Baidoa, Somalia, Garan Hassan tugged at a reporter’s sleeve. Her 18-month-old daughter Malaika was too sick to eat, too weak to cry.Staff at a Save the Children pediatric nutrition center quickly determined that this toddler had severe... Read More.
Millions could die without ‘urgent’ funding as ‘catastrophic famine’ looms in East Africa, IRC says Tuesday, July 19 by ABC News(LONDON) -- The International Rescue Committee for the first time on Tuesday issued a "Crisis Alert" update to its annual "Emergency Watchlist" report, warning that millions of people across East Africa could die from "catastrophic famine" without "urgent" international funding and action.The global humanitarian... Read More.
Millions of lives at risk as famine stalks Horn of Africa Thursday, May 12 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- In northern Kenya's drought-stricken Turkana County, a group of children carried sacks of palm fruit atop their heads as they walked across the parched earth back to their tiny village.They walk more than 20 miles to gather the small, bulbous fruit... Read More.