
“60 Minutes” Features Yemen On the Brink of Famine
CBS Correspondent Scott Pelley reports on the crisis in Yemen, where more than 20 million people don’t know where their next meal is coming from.

CBS Correspondent Scott Pelley reports on the crisis in Yemen, where more than 20 million people don’t know where their next meal is coming from.

Meet Fadl and Aisha: two Yemeni parents struggling to provide the bare necessities for their brood of five children.

David Beasley, WFP executive director, explains how cutting global food assistance would harm our national security interests in the long term.

“I am leaving with anger and sadness because hunger is forcing me to leave my homeland.”

Do you know what percentage of families are coping with hunger across Yemen right now? The numbers might shock you.

Almost four years after fleeing Syria, he and his family struggle to reconcile the life they didn’t ask for with the one they left behind.

For years, Syrian families have lived their lives in limbo, not knowing when they can return home or what kind of future awaits their children. One thing they should not have to worry about is where they will find their next meal.

Violence across the country has made an already dangerously and desperately hungry nation that much hungrier.

A panel of experts specializing in international affairs, humanitarian aid, development and security came together to propose fresh perspectives and solutions.

Hunger has stolen hope inside Syria. Starvation is used a weapon in the war that always hits children – the most innocent – the hardest.