Pop star Sandi Thom today launched a campaign aimed at easing the food crisis in developing countries after meeting impoverished families in Africa.

Superstar Madonna urged the impoverished residents of Masekese, Malawi to be independent and not rely on her for their livelihood.

Madonna today visited a new day care centre she is funding in Malawi, one of the world's poorest, most disease-stricken countries.

HUNGRY Malawians have resorted to eating ants and poisonous roots in a desperate search for food across their country.

THE President of Malawi has declared the impoverished, AIDS-decimated southern African nation a disaster area and said five million people are threatened with famine.