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UN Struggles To Raise Funds To Avert Famine In Somalia
The United Nations has raised less than a third of the funding needed to prevent famine in Somalia, a spokesman said...
Celebrity Social Media Push To Help Somalia Goes Viral
UN says 2.9 million people in Somalia need urgent help "to save or sustain their lives". Campaign to raise $1m to...
Two Killed In Attack On South Sudan Aid Convoy
The International Organization for Migration said Thursday that two people were killed when gunmen attacked an aid...
World Facing Greatest Humanitarian Crisis Since 1945
The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nation's humanitarian chief said as he...
China’s Elderly Live Longer, But Are Less Fit
The number and proportion of people in China over 80 is growing, but their mental and physical fitness appear to be...
Tanzania Refugee Camps ‘overstretched’
A health crisis is looming in Tanzania’s refugee camps following an increase of refugees arriving in the country,...
Somali President Declares ‘national Disaster’ Over Drought
Somali's newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Tuesday declared a "national disaster" due to severe...
What Is A Famine?
From ancient Rome to modern times, mankind has suffered devastating periods of hunger caused by drought, war or...
Spanish Gov’t Creates New Sex Position To Stimulate Low Birth Rate
Galician senator and demographics expert, Edelmira Barreria Diz, has been appointed government commissioner with...
Cases of Maternal Mortality Increase In Western Region
The maternal mortality rate in the Western Region increased from 75 per cent in 2015 to 92 per cent in 2016, due mainly...
Africa Is Young, Why Are Its Leaders So Old?
There is something unmistakably common in Africa: the continent's aging and long-serving presidents. Its five longest...
Study Shows Many Are Likely To Live Into Their 90s By 2030
Average life expectancy will soar into the 90s in many parts of the world in a decade, a study predicts. Despite...
Life Expectancy To Break 90 Barrier By 2030
South Korean women will be the first in the world to have an average life expectancy above 90, a study suggests....
Women’s Life Expectancy On Track To Hit 90 In Some Nations
By 2030 life expectancy for South Korean women could top nine decades, an average lifespan long thought to be out of...
How Bad the Civil Unrest Has Gotten
The famine in South Sudan has made it difficult to engage in subsistence and commercial farming especially in the...
Famine Declared In Parts of South Sudan
A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years....
Famine Declared In Parts of South Sudan
A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years....
South Sudan Declares Famine In Unity State
A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years....
South Sudan Warns of Hundreds of Thousands Facing Famine
A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years....