August 8th, 2011

AC360: ON THE FRONTLINES OF FAMINE airs at 8pm ET and 10pm ET.

Starting tonight, coinciding with its new 8 pm time slot, CNN’s Anderson Cooper will anchor Anderson Cooper 360 live from Africa. Coverage titled: Somalia: ON THE FRONTLINES OF FAMINE airs at 8pm ET and 10pm ET.

Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta spoke with Jill Biden on the Somalia/Kenya border as she traveled there to see the hunger crisis forcing refugees to flee to Somalia. Cooper will also report live from Mogadishu during the week, embedding with African Union troops who are fighting the Islamic insurgents who are denying aid to starving Somalis.

Note: Anderson Cooper 360 will air in its new time slot at 8 pm ET and again at 10 pm ET