Reporting from South Sudan

60 Minutes producers describe "one of the worst places on the planet" after a trip to South Sudan to report on famine and food aid

• Mar 19, 2017
• 04:56

Fighting Famine

In South Sudan, 5M people don't know where their next meal is coming from and, of them, 100,000 are starving and face death. If not for humanitarian efforts, millions could die. Scott Pelley reports.

• Mar 19, 2017
• 13:36

Jill Biden seeks more aid for East Africa in visit to drought-stricken region

"Obviously, you can see the drought here, how bad it is," the first lady told reporters afterward.

• Feb 26, 2023

Hunger in Somalia is putting "a child per minute" into hospitals

A formal famine declaration is expected in the coming weeks, but desperate families are already burying their malnourished children as aid workers plead for help.

• Oct 18, 2022

Famine in Africa

Growing famine and ongoing conflicts in four African countries have fueled the worst humanitarian crisis in 70 years, according to the United Nations. Fred Meylan, program manager for the humitarian group Geneva Call, spoke to CBSN about how the situation became so dire.

• Apr 1, 2017
• 05:32

South Sudan starvation

As South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, is roiled by civil war and famine, more than 100,000 people face starvation. Debora Patta reports from a childrens' hospital in Juba, the nation's capital, which is struggling to treat the most vulnerable.

• Mar 21, 2017
• 02:30

Famine crisis in South Sudan

South Sudan, the world's youngest country established less than six years ago, is one of the planet's least-developed countries. Violence has displaced more than two million people since 2013, leading to famine. CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, who traveled to the east African country with "60 Minutes," joins "CBS This Morning" to share what he witnessed.

• Mar 20, 2017
• 05:59

Famine in South Sudan

Civil war, poverty and drought have more than 20 million people on the brink of starvation in Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. President Trump's proposed cuts in foreign aid could hit them hard. Reporting from South Sudan in a 60 Minutes report airing Sunday, Scott Pelly shows us how the U.N.'s "World Food Program" is struggling to meet the dire need for food there.

• Mar 17, 2017
• 02:00

Massive famine crisis

In search of relief, the hungry walk for miles, but without enough food to go around, vast stretches of Africa and the Middle East are now on the brink of famine. While the causes vary by country, war and poverty have been haunting these nations for years. The United Nations says it has just 2 percent of the $5.6 billion needed to avoid disaster. Tony Dokoupil reports.

• Mar 11, 2017
• 02:00

Famine In South Sudan

A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan after years of civil war and economic turmoil. CBSN's Meg Oliver and Jamie Yuccas have more.

• Feb 20, 2017
• 01:22

Airdrops providing desperately needed food in South Sudan

As Debora Patta reports, not everyone at the drop zone can get their hands on needed food

• Mar 30, 2017

Watch as family separated by war reunites after years

“We have to learn about each other again. It's been bad, but now I can be with them always,” mother says

• Mar 30, 2017

Climate change-driven famine poses global security threat

As Trump admin. aims to cut aid money and millions face famine, U.N. warns starving youth "susceptible to radicalization"

• Mar 29, 2017

Will Trump cut foreign aid budgets at worst possible time?

"We are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations," U.N. humanitarian chief says

• Mar 28, 2017

1 million kids in peril as starvation wielded as a weapon of war

One million children in South Sudan are in desperate need of food, yet violence prevents aid from delivery

• Mar 21, 2017

Starving in South Sudan

This week on 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley reports from South Sudan on the famine emergency that has been declared and sees firsthand the urgent need for relief

• Mar 20, 2017
• 13 photos

Fighting Famine

In South Sudan, 5M people don't know where their next meal is coming from and, of them, 100,000 are starving and face death. If not for humanitarian efforts, millions could die

• Mar 19, 2017

Reporting from South Sudan

60 Minutes producers describe "one of the worst places on the planet" after a trip to South Sudan to report on famine and food aid

• Mar 19, 2017

Millions urgently need food in South Sudan's famine

A civil war has created a massive humanitarian crisis compounded by a famine in the world's youngest nation. Scott Pelley reports this Sunday

• Mar 16, 2017

20 million people in 4 countries on the brink of famine

Three countries impacted by Trump's travel ban are among four nations on the brink of starvation

• Mar 11, 2017

UN needs $4.4B quickly to prevent massive "catastrophe"

The United Nations needs $4.4B by the end of the month to combat hunger and famine -- but only $90M has been collected so far

• Feb 22, 2017

The face of famine

Eighteen-year-old Saida Ahmad Baghili is a stark reminder of a growing humanitarian crisis in Yemen

• Oct 28, 2016
• 7 photos

Photos of a starving girl who thawed a weary heart

Sebastian Rich has documented the worst the world has to offer, so watching Nyajima-Guet come back to life was a welcome change

• Nov 26, 2015

South Sudan survival story

A 4-year-old girl's will to live and efforts to help her do it thaw the heart of war-weary photographer Sebastian Rich

• Nov 26, 2015
• 13 photos