Somalia famine

Thursday July 28, 2011

In Famine, Peanut Butter-Based Food Rides To The Rescue

The World Food Program is airlifting Supplementary Plumpy to Mogadishu. Rein Skullerud/World Food Program hide caption

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Rein Skullerud/World Food Program

Shots - Health News

In Famine, Peanut Butter-Based Food Rides To The Rescue

July 28, 2011 • The United Nations is starting to airlift emergency food to Mogadishu, Somalia. The first round of relief supplies should be enough to feed 3,500 malnourished children for a month, one official said.

Wednesday July 27, 2011

Blog Of The Nation

July 27th: What's On Today's Show

July 27, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, the political junkie reviews the week in politics, and an historic look at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. In the second hour, the famine in Somalia and the challenges of humanitarian missions, and the history of fan fiction

Friday July 22, 2011

Crisis In The Horn Of Africa: 'We Need Water, We Need Life'

In Dadaab, Kenya, newly arrived Somali refugees lined up for tents Thursday (July 21, 2011). Oli Scarff/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

Crisis In The Horn Of Africa: 'We Need Water, We Need Life'

July 22, 2011 • As they flee famine, drought and conflict in their own country, Somalis are streaming to an "inhospitable land" in Kenya where life is marginally better. International efforts are underway to get help to them.

Wednesday July 20, 2011

'Triangle Of Death' In Horn Of Africa; Famine Grips Southern Somalia

Monday (July 18, 2011): At a refugee camp near Mogadishu, a Somali woman cries after the death of one of her children. Mustafa Abdi/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

'Triangle Of Death' In Horn Of Africa; Famine Grips Southern Somalia

July 20, 2011 • The United Nations has escalated its dire warnings about what's happening in the Horn of Africa, declaring today that drought and famine in southern Somalia threaten millions of people.

Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

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The Two-Way

More Debt Limit Talks; British Prime Minister Faces New Questions

July 20, 2011 • Senate debt cutting plan discusses; British Prime Minister faces questions from Parliament; Minnesota lawmakers resolve budget standoff and end government shutdown; famine ravages Somalia; a hurricane menaces Mexico, a tropical storm lingers off U.S. coast