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US Pledges Aid for Drought-Stricken Somali Refugees With the drought in Somalia officially declared a famine, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, was in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya to pledge Ameri
The winner of the 2010 World Food Prize says eradicating hunger is within reach. The comment came as the United Nations prepares to hold its summit next week (9/20-22) on the Millennium Development Goals. Rev. David Beckmann says he's encouraged by e
Birth Defects Rise in Former Iraqi Battleground Five-year-old Lujane is one of hundreds of children in Fallujah who have been born since 2004 with severe birth defects. Her father says Lujane suffers from multiple afflictions that Iraqi doctors strug
Frustration Mounts As Somalis Wait for Famine Relief Humanitarian groups in famine-hit Somalia say thousands are dying while deliveries of desperately needed aid from big international agencies may be weeks, perhaps months away. The delays are adding
U.N. aid agencies say they are very concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen because of increased fighting between al-Houthi rebels and government forces in the mountains of northern Yemen. The U.N. refugee agency reports ab
The U.N. Children's Fund says thousands of children in the Central African Republic are acutely malnourished. UNICEF is urgently appealing for $1.5 million to provide life-saving therapeutic foods, drugs and other supplies to these vulnerable childr
U.N. aid agencies report the humanitarian situation in Northern Yemen is worsening. They say fighting between Yemeni government forces and al Houthi rebels is continuing to escalate and approximately 119,000 people have been displaced. Displaced Yem
US Agriculture Industry Opposes Changes to Food Aid Program Plano, Illinois, farmer Bill Wykes has been behind the wheel of a tractor for almost four decades, planting and harvesting corn and soybeans on land his family has owned even longer. Through
India Leads World in Most First-Day Newborn Deaths Afsana Begum lost her second son to jaundice, just a month after he was born in a neighboring slum. Now pregnant again, she is determined that her baby enter the world in a safer environment. If you
南苏丹持续冲突引发粮食危机 Since the separation of South Sudan in July 2011, the Republic of Sudan's economy has spiraled downward. 自从2011年7月南苏丹分裂以来,苏丹共和国的经济开始不断低迷。 The loss of 75 per
IRC: Be Generous to South Sudan In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, a displaced South Sudanese woman carries a plastic jerry can with water in the United Nations camp that has become home to thousands of displaced people in Malakal, South S
Worsening food shortages caused by irregular rainfall and poor harvests in 2009 threaten seven million people in Niger. Aid workers say the country's children are in particular danger. Niger is one of the poorest nations in the world and hunger rates
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 November 2007 The UN Children's Fund says 103 children in Chad who it says were abducted by the French Charity, Zoe's Ark, will be kept in an orphanage in the town of Abeche, until their families are located. Lisa Schlein re
Five months ago, a bustling fish market stood on the shores of Malawis Lake Chihuahua. Now, hundreds of fishing boats lie marooned on the cracked mud. Water levels fluctuate, but scientists say climate change is making the seasonal dry out of the lak
By William Eagle Washington 19 October 2007 A new report shows sub-Saharan African countries are not likely to meet three of the Millennium Development Goals supported by the United Nations. They include cutting hunger and child malnutrition in half
今天我们要学的词是chronic。 Chronic, 长期的,慢性的。在美国, Some 40 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep problems, 大约有四千万美国人睡眠长期有问题。很多美国人都患有糖尿病、高血脂、高血压
Nearly a hundred heads of state, including President Barack Obama are expected to gather Tuesday in South Africa to honor Nelson Mandela. Among those listed in the program are Obama, U.N. Secretary-Genegral Ban Ki-Moon and Cuban President Raul Castro
The World Health Organization says exclusive breastfeeding can save millions of infant lives every year. As World Breastfeeding Week gets underway, W.H.O. and its partners are promoting mother's milk as the best way to give babies a healthy start in
A mother feeds her son who suffers from malnutrition, at a hospital in Japala, Guatemala (File) The United Nations Children's Fund is appealing for $1.2 billion to provide life saving emergency assistance to millions of children and women in dire nee
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says his country will double emergency food aid to meet a crisis sparked in several developing countries over sharply rising food prices. Mr. Sarkozy's remarks made at a major international conference in Paris. 法国总