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50,000 children could die in months in S.Sudan: UNICEF Conflict in South Sudan has triggered a serious risk of famine that will kill up to 50,000 children within months if immediate action is not taken, the UN warned.

13 April 2014

PHOTO: Nursultan Nazarbayev opened a memorial to famine victims in Astana An official opening of the memorial called "To victims of famine of 1932-1933" at the crossing of Republic and Abai streets in Astana was held on May 31.

02 June 2012

PHOTO: Memorials to victims of famine and political repressions opened in Pavlodar and Petropavlovsk Memorials to victims of famine and political repressions were opened in Pavlodar and Petropavlovsk on May 31.

02 June 2012

Kazakhstan sends $500 000 to help Somalia tackle famine Some 12.4 million people in the Horn of Africa, including parts of Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya and Uganda, are affected by the worst drought in decades in the region and are in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN.

02 September 2011