http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/HungerFind stories, videos, and photos about Hunger from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:08:16 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Hunger14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Hunger from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/17/italy.food.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/17/italy.food.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomewhere in the world, a child dies of hunger every five seconds -- even though the planet has more than enough food for all.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/12/world.hunger/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/12/world.hunger/index.html#cnnSTCTextHunger is stunting hundreds of millions of children in the developing world, and more than 90 percent of them live in Africa and Asia, UNICEF says.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/15/un.world.hunger/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/15/un.world.hunger/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe global economic crisis has caused a spike in world hunger that has left more than a billion undernourished, United Nations agencies said in a new report.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/27/kenya.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/27/kenya.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTextKenya needs $230 million over the next six months to feed millions affected by drought, the United Nations said in a new report.Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/12/somalia.aid.workers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/12/somalia.aid.workers/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour aid workers and two pilots held captive in Somalia for nine months were released Tuesday.Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/29/myanmar.food.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/29/myanmar.food.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCTextMyanmar is facing a food shortage largely due to last year's deadly Cyclone Nargis, which destroyed nearly all the rice crops in the fertile Ayeyarwaddy delta, the United Nations said Wednesday.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:41:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/27/zimbabwe.malnutrition/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/27/zimbabwe.malnutrition/index.html#cnnSTCTextSome of Zimbabwe's children are "wasting away" as political turmoil and economic crisis have caused a severe food shortage, according to a report from Save the Children.Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/17/hunger.week/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/17/hunger.week/index.html#cnnSTCTextSome mothers choose what their children will eat. Others choose which children will eat and which will die.Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:16:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847428,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847428,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWhile the world speculates on Kim Jong Il's health and whether Washington can get nuclear talks back on track, millions of North Koreans are running out of foodMon, 06 Oct 2008 11:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1844632,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1844632,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA new program backed by one of the richest men in the world promises to shake up food aidThu, 25 Sep 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/18/somalia.worker/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/18/somalia.worker/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations' World Food Program on Monday expressed its shock at the "senseless and barbaric" killing of an aid worker in southern Somalia.Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:56:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1829996,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1829996,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe farmlands are bursting with grain but the country is still suffering from starvation. Somehow good intentions have brought on perpetual wantWed, 06 Aug 2008 20:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/30/nk.un.food/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/30/nk.un.food/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe first survey on food and nutrition in North Korea since the country granted broad access to aid groups shows millions of people are going hungry, with households reducing their food intake and more children becoming malnourished.Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:49:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825737,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825737,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAt least 26 prisoners have died of hunger in a prison in Congo since the beginning of the year, U.N. officials saidWed, 23 Jul 2008 00:20:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1824859,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1824859,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAfter soaring food prices led to deadly Haitian riots in April, the U.S. and the U.N. promised millions of dollars in aid to poor families. But three months later, only a fraction of a key U.S. food pledge has been distributedMon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/westtimor.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/westtimor.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextMaria's labored breath echoes within the walls of her family's mud hut. Her tiny, bony hands open and close in slow claw-like motions.Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:54:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1818999,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1818999,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA U.S. ship carrying thousands of tons of food aid has arrived in North Korea, after the communist nation agreed to expanded international assistance for its impoverished peopleMon, 30 Jun 2008 06:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/29/nk.food/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/29/nk.food/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.S. ship arrived at a North Korean port carrying 38,000 tons of food to be distributed to the millions of people living in hunger, U.N. sources said Sunday.Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:44:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1813054,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1813054,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAid groups say the older victims suggest there is an escalation in the crisis in Ethiopia, a country that drew international attention in 1984 when a famine compounded by communist policies killed 1 million peopleTue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/05/food.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/05/food.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTextWorld leaders have made "extraordinary" commitments to short-term food crisis solutions but more work is needed on long-term solutions, the head of the United Nations food agency said Thursday.Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/04/somalia.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/04/somalia.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia is facing life-threatening food and water shortages leaving millions at risk for starvation, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday.Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/03/un.food.prices/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/03/un.food.prices/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo controversial world leaders known for their anti-western rhetoric took advantage of a U.N. summit to point the finger of blame for the current food crisis at western nations. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/29/worldbank.food/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/29/worldbank.food/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe World Bank is making $1.2 billion available in grants and loans to combat the global food crisis, including $200 million for those most at risk in the world's poorest countries.Fri, 30 May 2008 02:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/22/food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/22/food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe world's poorest countries could pay 40 percent more for food this year than they did last year because of rising prices, according to a United Nations report released Thursday.Fri, 23 May 2008 00:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/20/ethiopia.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/20/ethiopia.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextA year of drought and soaring food prices has threatened the lives of tens of thousands of Ethiopian children.Wed, 21 May 2008 10:37:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1737780,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1737780,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA catastrophe is poised to strike the most isolated and dangerous country in the world, spurred by the global food crisis and Kim Jong Il's prideTue, 06 May 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/01/bush.food.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/01/bush.food.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. President George W. Bush urged Congress on Thursday to approve $770 million in new global food aid to be made available beginning in October.Fri, 02 May 2008 06:20:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1736157,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1736157,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSome top international food scientists Tuesday recommended halting the use of food-based biofuels, such as ethanol, saying it would cut corn prices by 20 percent during a world food crisisWed, 30 Apr 2008 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/29/un.food/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/29/un.food/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations is establishing a task force to address the global food crisis, which is "increasingly resulting in social tension," the world body said Tuesday.Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/22/kenya.farmer/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/22/kenya.farmer/index.html#cnnSTCTextKennedy Ombuki is a farmer. In normal times, he grows corn, maize, potatoes and peas on the green slopes near Molo. "They were export peas," he says proudly.Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:51:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1734382,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1734382,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsVarious proposed remedies to the global food crisis may not solve the problem, even as demand and - food prices - continue to climbWed, 23 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1734218,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1734218,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs world food prices soar, leaving millions unable to afford staples they lived on just one year ago, the stopgap measure against extreme hunger also finds itself short of foodWed, 23 Apr 2008 11:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/22/food.program.cutback/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/22/food.program.cutback/index.html#cnnSTCTextWorld Vision, one of the world's largest humanitarian organizations, announced Tuesday that it cannot feed 1.5 million of the 7.5 million people it fed last year and made an urgent appeal for international donors to step in.Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/14/world.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/14/world.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextRiots from Haiti to Bangladesh to Egypt over the soaring costs of basic foods have brought the issue to a boiling point and catapulted it to the forefront of the world's attention, the head of an agency focused on global development said Monday.Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/15/whitehouse.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/15/whitehouse.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. President George W. Bush has ordered the release of $200 million in emergency aid to help countries where the soaring cost of basic food has spurred riots and instability.Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/17/korea.food/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/17/korea.food/index.html#cnnSTCTextNorth Korea may be on the brink of another famine as a result of last year's devastating floods, the worldwide increase in food prices, and a malnourished population, the United Nations warned on Thursday.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/16/korea.food/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/16/korea.food/index.html#cnnSTCTextNorth Korea faces a looming food crisis due to floods last year, the U.N. food agency said.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/31/eco.ruralcommunities/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/31/eco.ruralcommunities/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt is said that nowhere else on earth will the impacts of climate change be felt more acutely than in the developing world. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:34:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1717596,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1717596,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMusharraf's party lost the election because of the price of flour and food. It's the foremost problem facing the next governmentWed, 27 Feb 2008 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1705596,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1705596,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIsrael agreed Monday to diesel fuel and medicine into Gaza on a one-time basis, easing the blockade imposed because of a surge in Palestinian rocket attacks on southern IsraelMon, 21 Jan 2008 19:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1684910,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1684910,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA new U.N. report says the soaring price of oil may be leading to food shortages and hunger in the developing worldFri, 16 Nov 2007 17:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/nkorea.floods.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/nkorea.floods.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextNorth Korea's neighbors and international aid agencies sought Thursday to help the impoverished country cope with floods that have decimated large swaths of farmland, endangering citizens already struggling with food shortages.Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:41:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1653360,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1653360,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWed, 15 Aug 2007 21:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/05/8401350/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/05/8401350/index.htmTHE BACKGROUND More than 850 million people live in a state of hunger. Malnutrition kills more people annually than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. The majority of the hungry live in the ... Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/01/24/magazines/business2/Prob3_HungerMalnutrution.biz2/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/01/24/magazines/business2/Prob3_HungerMalnutrution.biz2/index.htmThe background: More than 850 million people live in a state of hunger. Malnutrition kills more people annually than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. The majority of the hungry live in the developing world, especially in India and sub-Saharan Africa.Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:41:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/indonesia.quake/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/indonesia.quake/index.htmlEmergency food aid is arriving in two hard-hit districts of central Java, two days after a large earthquake flattened communities in this heavily populated Indonesian region.Sun, 28 May 2006 04:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/28/darfur.protest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/28/darfur.protest/index.htmlFive Democratic members of Congress were arrested at the Sudanese Embassy and led away in plastic handcuffs Friday to protest the atrocities in the Darfur region.Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/15/face.of.famine/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/15/face.of.famine/index.html"Aminu's dead." Charlie, my producer, tells me when he gets back from the intensive-care ward. Aminu was 4. Yesterday he seemed better. Yesterday was a long time ago.Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/korea.north.talks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/korea.north.talks/index.htmlNorth Korea said Tuesday it would begin dismantling its nuclear program only if the United States provides a light-water reactor for civilian power.Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/08/02/cooper.niger/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/08/02/cooper.niger/index.htmlIn a small village in southern Niger, hundreds of mothers gather with their hungry children hoping somebody will help them.Tue, 02 Aug 2005 18:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/07/28/niger/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/07/28/niger/index.htmlAfter months of weak response, donations to assist famine-stricken Niger have increased to $13 million in the past two weeks -- still far short of what is needed, U.N. officials said.Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/07/27/un.niger/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/07/27/un.niger/index.htmlThe United Nations on Thursday will begin airlifting 44 tons of emergency food rations to famine-stricken Niger in West Africa, where 80,000 people are starving and more than a million others are at risk, officials said.Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/22/nkorea.foodaid/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/22/nkorea.foodaid/index.htmlThe United States has said it would provide 50,000 tonnes of food aid to North Korea, but the World Food Program said it was not enough to meet the "desperate" need of the people.Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/nkorea.economy/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/nkorea.economy/index.htmlAs North Korea threatens to bolster its nuclear arsenal, millions of its undernourished citizens are barely subsisting because of severe food shortages, according to the U.N. food agency.Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/tsunami.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/tsunami.main/index.htmlThe United Nations says the number of people needing food aid will soar to nearly 800,000 in Aceh following the December 26 quake and tsunami.Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/10/darfur.children/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/10/darfur.children/index.htmlHamdi Ismail is one and a half years old, but weighs only 12 pounds.Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/08/05/world.hunger/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/08/05/world.hunger/index.htmlThe United Nations World Food Programme has added longitude and latitude to its hunger awareness campaign with the publication of an interactive map plotting the location of the world's hungriest people.Thu, 05 Aug 2004 13:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/bangladesh.floods.aid/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/bangladesh.floods.aid/index.htmlFlood-stricken Bangladeshis will receive their first major overseas food aid deliveries on Wednesday after the worst rains in six years killed over 600 and displaced millions of people.Wed, 04 Aug 2004 02:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/nkorea.cost/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/nkorea.cost/index.htmlNorth Korea's official news agency says damage caused by last week's massive train explosion will come to about $356 million.Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/26/nkorean.aid/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/26/nkorean.aid/index.htmlThe White House will give the Red Cross $100,000 to help those left homeless in North Korea after last week's train explosion.Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/25/nkorea.food/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/25/nkorea.food/index.htmlThe U. N. emergency food agency has renewed its call for urgent food aid for North Korea, warning that 1.5 million people will go hungry over the next six weeks.Wed, 25 Feb 2004 03:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/north.korea.food/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/north.korea.food/index.htmlMore than 6.4 million already undernourished North Koreans face even more drastic food shortages in the next few months, the U.N. food agency warns.Mon, 09 Feb 2004 07:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/02/05/uganda.aid/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/02/05/uganda.aid/index.htmlInternational aid workers have found the break in the security situation they have been waiting for to enter a war-torn region of northern Uganda.Thu, 05 Feb 2004 14:40:00 EST