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His parents traveled 15 hours by bus to bring him to a clinic to save his life. He weighed 6 pounds. And he could be one of the fortunate ones.

Some 700 million of the world's most vulnerable people will require food assistance, according to the U.N. humanitarian office, which is asking wealthy nations to commit $90 billion in aid.

A commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine issues a call to the medical community around the world.

That's how the U.N. aid chief characterizes the situation. A cease-fire that could bring improvements was signed last week — and violated within hours.

Agricultural scientists and aid representatives believe the country is still unable to feed all its population. Why is that the case?

Maybe you've heard that world hunger is at crisis levels — and climate change is largely to blame. A new book argues otherwise.

We asked our readers what they wanted to know about world hunger? So many thoughtful questions came in that we did a roundup of queries about hunger and famine.

It's difficult. It's potentially dangerous. It's costly. And it's going on in South Sudan right now.

Jerome Jarre wanted to raise $1 million, buy 60 tons of food and get Turkish Airlines to fly it in for free. How's he doing?