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A 5-year-old child cries as a nurse struggles to find a vein for an injection at a health clinic last month in Shada, Somalia. The child's family lost all their animals to drought and traveled more than 100 miles in search of a better situation.

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Drought Threatens To Drive Famine In Somalia As Hunger Kills More Than 100

12:23pm March 05, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

On Saturday, Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire said 110 people died of malnourishment or disease in a single region over a two-day span. About half the country is at risk of famine.

Lucia Adeng Wek holds her 3-year-old son, Wek Wol Wek, who suffers from malnutrition. They're at a clinic in South Sudan run by Doctors without Borders and were photographed on October 11, 2016.

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Who Declares A Famine? And What Does That Actually Mean?

9:19pm February 23, 2017

by Nurith Aizenman

Just as we rank hurricanes and earthquakes, officials have developed a five-phase scale to rank food crises.

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A World Food Program food distribution site in Bentiu, South Sudan. The U.N. says nearly 5 million people in the country do not have enough food, and in one region people are already dying of starvation.

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In South Sudan, People Are Dying Of Hunger As Civil War Continues

2:28pm February 21, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

The U.N. says nearly 5 million people do not have enough food, and it issued a formal famine declaration for Unity State in the north-central part of the country.

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Drought in Somalia has severely affected livestock for local herdsmen, as well as farmers' crops. The U.N. says action is needed to prevent famine in the region.

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Somalia On The Brink Of Famine, U.N. Warns

3:49pm February 02, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The U.N. is warning that Somalia could soon be facing a famine without urgent international action, raising concerns of a repeat of 2011's famine which killed more than a quarter of a million people.

A hamlet between the towns of Tsihombe and Ambovombe, in the most drought-stricken area in southern Madagascar. Most families in the region have resorted to eating wild fruits and tree leaves.

Drought-Stricken Southern Madagascar Teeters On The Edge Of Famine

4:18pm December 05, 2016

by Rhitu Chaterjee

Fighting extreme poverty and failing crops caused by a three-year drought, United Nations food agencies are struggling to keep the region's population from succumbing to starvation.

A farmer in Ethiopia, in the grips of its worst drought in decades.

What Happens When A Disaster Unfolds In Slow Motion

5:07am January 01, 2016

by Nurith Aizenman

Ethiopia is grappling with an epic drought that could lead to famine. Here's why the world isn't stepping up.

Chart: Who's Doing The Best (And Worst) Job Fighting Hunger?

The World Is Not As Hungry As You Might Think

7:00pm October 16, 2015

by Rae Ellen Bichell

A new report on world hunger says that the age of mass famines is behind us. That's the good news. Unfortunately, there's sad news, too.

A re-enactor in Soviet costume from the 1930s peers out of a vintage subway car as part of the anniversary celebrations.

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Glory Of Moscow's 80-Year-Old Subway Tainted By Stalin Connections

10:00am June 02, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

The system was considered a triumph by the Soviets, but was built by the same ruthless means that helped cause a famine, which killed millions in the 1930s.

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