China offers largest donation to UN food agency for famine-relief in Somalia
China has donated 16 million U.S. dollars to the World Food Program (WFP) to support its famine-relief operations in Somalia, said a WFP press release on Sunday.
7-month-old skeletal baby weighing just 7 pounds
Cradled in his mother´s arms, this is the face of a skeletal seven-month-old baby starving to death in the Horn of Africa. Weighing just seven pounds - as much as a newborn - Mihag Gedi Farah stares wide-eyed, his skin pulled taut over his ribs and tiny arms....More>>
Adding to misery: Rain hits famine-stricken Somalis
Tens of thousands of famine-stricken displaced Somalis have been hit by torrential rain pounding their makeshift structures in the capital, Mogadishu. ...More>>
Different Ramadan: Somali Muslims have no food
Such kind of observance is unthinkable for most Somalians this year, who´re suffering from one of the worst famines in a generation. This is certainly not the holy month that these devout Muslims might have prayed for ...More>>
Somali children die en route to refugee camp
Faduma Sakow Abdullahi and her five children tried to escape starvation in Somalia by journeying to a Kenyan refugee camp. Only one day before they reached their destination, her 4-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son died of exhaustion and hunger. ...More>>
