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“Face of the famine” baby, Minhaj, before and after

As drought and conflict once again push Somalia to the brink of famine, see how a baby whose story alerted the world to his country's suffering was rescued from starvation six years ago.

ArticleMarch 17, 2017
Six-month-year-old Falmata Usman with severe malnutrition

As thousands finally escape from Boko Haram terror, a food crisis lingers

Without urgent aid, a food crisis may leave up to 2.5 million people at risk of starvation in northeastern Nigeria.

ArticleSeptember 6, 2016
Abdullah at an IRC health center, where he received treatment for cholera

The world's worst humanitarian crisis is in Yemen

This week the war in Yemen enters its fourth year. What makes this conflict so heartbreaking is its cruelty, the warring factions deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. Some 22 million people, are in need of immediate humanitarian assistance.

ArticleMarch 26, 2018
A mother brings her baby to an IRC health clinic in Yemen

"We just want peace": an aid worker's hopes and fears for Yemen

Caught up in a brutal war since 2015, Yemen is on the brink of famine. An IRC nutrition manager in Yemen who is expecting her first child talks about her fears for the future and the hope she derives from her team's work.

ArticleOctober 23, 2018
Angelina and her daughter Teresa

War and hunger are destroying families in South Sudan

After a peace agreement failed to unite South Sudan last July, fighting quickly spread to previously unaffected areas. That’s when the war forced Angelina and her children to flee into the swamps, where food and clean water were scarce. 

ArticleJune 28, 2017
A Yemeni mother holds her young son.

Yemen on the brink: COVID-19. Starvation. War.

COVID-19 is surging across Yemen, even as an ongoing cholera outbreak worsens, food and water shortages increase, and civilians are being bombed. Here are eight facts about the situation on the ground.

ArticleJuly 2, 2020
A close up of a mother holding her baby son

Voices from the crises the world can’t ignore in 2022

Hear from five people on their struggles and their wishes for the future as they face some of the world’s most deteriorating crises.

ArticleJanuary 14, 2022
A young girl in Yemen being treated for acute malnutrition eats a peanut butter based nutritional paste.

Crisis in Yemen: Unrelenting conflict and risk of famine

Here are five reasons the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist ranks Yemen as the country most at risk of humanitarian catastrophe in 2021.

ArticleDecember 16, 2020

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