Jul 25 Escaping the Epicenter of Eastern Africa's Famine By Talea Miller More than 11 million people are in need of aid due to the worst drought to hit Eastern Africa in 60 years. Kenya and Ethiopia are struggling to absorb refugees from hardest-hit Somalia who are desperate for any food and… Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch Somalia Faces Famine as al-Qaida Threat Halts International Aid The United Nations warned Friday that the famine threatening Somalia could cause some 800,000 children to die from starvation. International agencies want to send more food but al-Qaida-linked militants vowed to block aid. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Extremists, Corruption Pose Big Problems Getting Aid to Famine-Stricken Somalis In Somalia's Food Crisis, Children Face Greatest Peril… Continue watching
Jul 11 Drought Threatens Horn of Africa By Talea Miller Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in Somalia and Ethiopia due to severe drought and food shortages. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch Yemen's Drug Crop Diverts Precious Resources Margaret Warner wraps her reporting series on the complex security picture in Yemen with a look at the drug qat, the cash crop that is depleting the country's water supply. Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch In Ethiopia, a Daily Struggle for Clean Water In the first in a series of collaborative reports about water problems around the world, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the shortage of potable water in Ethiopia and how the effort required to maintain existing watering points affects millions… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch Droughts Feed Hunger Crisis and Violence in Sudan Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the humanitarian crisis in the African nation of Sudan, where drought and food shortages are contributing to violence, political instability and death. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch In Australia, Drought Threatens Natural Resources Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro takes an in-depth look into the drought plaguing Australia. Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch Kenya Devastated by Massive Drought Lindsey Hilsum of ITN reports from Kenya on the worst drought to strike the horn of Africa in more than a decade. Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch India's Population Boom Tests Green Revolution's Legacy Fred De Sam Lazaro reports from India about new questions about the environmental impact of the nation's first major initiative to grow more food to meet the needs of a booming population. Continue watching