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Haiti transitions from relief to rebuildingupdated: Tue Jan 10 2012 17:11:00

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti two years ago, sending an already struggling nation into a tailspin.

Helping Haiti's malnourished childrenupdated: Wed Oct 12 2011 12:02:00

Gary Strieker reports on the fight against malnutrition in Haiti's youngest citizens

'Peanut butter medicine' giving hope to Haiti's hungryupdated: Wed Oct 12 2011 12:02:00

With his ribs showing and his skin practically hanging off him, Pierre Wisny is painfully thin.

Famine in East Africa: How you can helpupdated: Thu Aug 18 2011 10:36:00

Twelve million people are facing a hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa, and they are in desperate need of help.

You have the power to end hungerupdated: Sun Aug 14 2011 10:32:00

I will never forget holding my newborn baby in my arms watching a television report on the 1987 famine in Ethiopia -- hearing the haunting cries of babies whose hunger could not be met by their anguished mothers.

Global response needed against hungerupdated: Sun Aug 14 2011 10:32:00

Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme Josette Sheeran says feeding the world needs a global response.

Will fighters return to Mogadishu?updated: Wed Aug 10 2011 09:30:00

Walk through the aftermath of fighting between African Union peacekeepers and Al Shabaab fighters in Somalia.

EU pledges food aid to North Koreaupdated: Mon Jul 04 2011 08:35:00

The European Commission has pledged $14.5 million in emergency food aid to help 650,000 North Koreans at risk of dying from malnutrition.

Somali pirate sentenced to nearly 34 years in prisonupdated: Wed Feb 16 2011 14:51:00

A federal court sentenced a Somali man to nearly 34 years in prison Wednesday for acts related to high-seas piracy after he and three other men hijacked a U.S.-flagged ship as it cruised past the Horn of Africa.

Many Yemeni children suffering acute malnutrition, UNICEF saysupdated: Wed Oct 20 2010 10:49:00

Nearly half the children in Yemen's troubled northern province are suffering from malnutrition, the humanitarian agency UNICEF warned Wednesday.

Misery over Pakistan floodsupdated: Sat Aug 28 2010 12:34:00

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on the devastation from the flooding in Pakistan.

More deaths feared in Pakistan as flood waters recedeupdated: Sat Aug 28 2010 12:34:00

The death toll from Pakistan's massive flooding has climbed to 1,639, but the number could rise substantially as flood waters recede and more bodies surface, government officials say.

UN: African nations face food crisisupdated: Wed Jul 21 2010 01:59:00

U.N. officials are pleading for immediate economic assistance for four African countries where people are facing malnutrition in the wake of a drought last year.

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