Adele

Adele’s full name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins.
She shot to fame in 2008 when her debut single Chasing Pavements.
In 2011 her single Rolling in the Deep topped the US charts for seven weeks whilst Someone Like You went to number one in the UK.
Both singles came from the album 21 which topped charts from New Zealand to Norway selling millions of copies worldwide. (CBBC - Music)

£1 million reward put up to find Colonel Gaddafi

Anti-government fighters in Libya have put up a reward of £1 million to capture the country's leader Colonel Gaddafi.
No one knows where Col Gaddafi is but lots of people think he is still in the capital Tripoli.
Col Gaddafi has been told he'd be able to leave the country safely if he stepped down as leader.
But some people think he'd rather be captured than hand over power to the anti-government fighters.
Col Gaddafi's supporters are in control of some cities in Libya including the coastal city of Sirte as well as Sabha in the south of the country. (CBBC Newsround)

Amy Winehouse Dies, Aged 27

Singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London on Saturday, July the 23rd. The award-winning artist was just 27 years old, the same age as Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin. Winehouse shot to worldwide fame and acclaim following the release of her album Back to Black in 2006, which won five Grammy awards and became the third-highest selling album of the 2000s. She had spent years battling alcohol and drug addiction. This and other demons in her personal life affected her ability to perform live and she was booed offstage for appearing too drunk to perform in 2011. She sang about her addictions and attempts to beat them in her smash hit Rehab, an example of her gritty and honest songwriting. (Breaking News English ESL)

What is 'drought'?

Most of us think of droughts as when there's no rain at all. But actually they can happen when there's less rain than people thought there would be.
It usually happens over months or even years, when an area, like East Africa, doesn't have a big enough water supply.

Unlike other natural disasters, droughts happen very slowly over time.

What are the effects of drought?

Droughts can be very dangerous for people living in areas with not enough food or water. Deaths can happen from lack of food and water, and there are lots of health problems too.

When there's not enough water, crops fail, which means there isn't enough food to go around.

It also means that farmers lose money, and the area can become very poor.

When a region is very poor and doesn't have enough food or water, arguments can happen over who should be able to access the goods, which can escalate into wars. (CBBC Newsround)

What is a 'famine'?

The United Nations has declared that parts of Somalia in east Africa are suffering from a famine.The 'Horn of Africa' area is suffering its worst drought in 60 years.
But what does the term 'famine' mean?
The word famine is used to describe a hunger crisis at its worse.

Famine is the most serious of five phases that are used by the UN and most aid agencies.

Certain requirements have to be met for a situation to be called a famine. These include:

• At least 20% of the population doesn't have enough food for the average person to lead a healthy life (2,100 kilocalories a day)
• There is acute malnutrition in more than 30 percent of children
• And there are two deaths per 10,000 people every day, or four child deaths per 10,000 children every day (CBBC Newsround)