Somalia under threat of a second famine
It has only been a month since the United Nations announced that the famine was over in Somalia...
50 Cent visits famine victims in Somalia, Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Rapper 50 Cent is teaming up with the World Food Program to see firsthand the effects of hunger in Somalia and Kenya...
Obama OKs emergency aid for Africa famine
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is announcing an additional $113 million in emergency aid to the Horn of Africa...
Famine downgraded in some areas of Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The number of famine zones in Somalia was cut in half Friday, as U.S. and U.N. food agencies said aid had reduced death rates...
Starving Somalian baby brought back from brink of death
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - As Minhaj Gedi Farah lay silently on a hospital bed three months ago, even his mother had given up hope that the skeletal Somali baby would live...
Black stars on sidelines of Somalia famine fight
theGRIO REPORT - Would it be too far-fetched to imagine a coalition of African-American celebrities united as a voice for the women and children in the Horn of Africa who are too weakened by malnutrition to speak in a loud voice?..
Somalia has world's highest infant mortality rate
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The U.N. says Somali children are more likely to die before they turn 5 than those in any other country in the world.
Senegalese singer Ndour calls for more famine aid
DADAAB, Kenya (AP) - Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour says African artists should take the initiative to help families affected by famine in the Horn of Africa...
Somalia's refugees celebrate holiday with food aid
DOLO, Somalia (AP) - Eid al-Fitr is traditionally celebrated with grand feasts in which delicacies are in abundance after fasting during the month of Ramadan...
African Union pledges $380 million for famine aid
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - "This is what we pledged today, it is new money and exclusively African," said AU chairman Jean Ping...
