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GLOBAL: Govts urged to recognise the right to affordable food

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food has called on governments to draw up national laws obliging them to take action when there...

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FAO Director-General responds to criticism by Senegalese President

africa » senegal » dakar

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Issues raised need objective answersIn a 10-point press statement, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf responds to recent criticisms of the...

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SOMALIA: Hundreds displaced in fighting over water and pasture

africa » somalia

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Hundredsof families have been displaced in Somalia's southwestern region ofGedo after two days of inter-clan fighting in which 13 people werekilled...

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SOMALIA: Some 3.5 million could need food aid by end of year

africa » somalia

IRIN News http://irinews.org

Friday, May 02, 2008

Facedwith a worsening humanitarian crisis, 3.5 million people - nearly halfof Somalia's population - may need food aid by the end of the year, afood...

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SOMALIA: Plea for help as drought pushes people towards urban centres

africa » somalia

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Local leaders in central Somalia have appealed for help as the severe drought being experienced in the region is forcing many nomads who lost their...

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MALAWI: Malnutrition still a threat

africa » malawi » lilongwe

IRIN

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Despite two years of bumper harvests, malnutrition, partly a consequence of Malawi's famine in 2005, still lingers. "The scale of the malnutrition...

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SOUTHERN AFRICA: HIV-induced famine's impact on agriculture

africa » south africa » johannesburg

IRIN

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Hunger and HIV/AIDS are reinforcing each other in Southern Africa, "leading to a potentially tragic new level of famine", says a book published by a...

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