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SORIOUS SAMURA: THE ROVING JOURNALIST

africa
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
SORIOUS SAMURA: THE ROVING JOURNALIST   We say bravo to Sorious, the Sierra Leonean journalist who risked his life to go to the war-torn Dafur...
journalist, hunger, event, current, affairs, publication, commentary
CARE and Oxfam call for fundam...

CARE and Oxfam call for fundamental changes in tackling global hunger and food price hikes

europe » italy » rome
Sunday, April 20, 2008
CARE and Oxfam today said the international aid system not fit for purpose and called for fundamental changes in order to tackle the challenge of...
food prices, hunger, riot, food crisis
GLOBAL: Costly food opportunit...

GLOBAL: Costly food opportunity to review aid responses

africa » south africa » johannesburg
Sunday, April 20, 2008
High food prices have brought social unrest but they have also provided a "window of opportunity" to review global policies on the response to food...
food price, food, food security, hunger, riot
LIBERIA: Nutritional “crisis” ...

LIBERIA: Nutritional “crisis” in Monrovia

africa » liberia » monrovia
IRIN http://www.irinnews.org
Friday, April 18, 2008
Moderate hunger hasbeen endemic in the Liberian capital for years, but as the effects of soaringglobal food and fuel prices have doubled rice prices,...
malnutrition, hygiene, children, risk, hunger, food, prices, crisis
ZIMBABWE: Rampaging elephants ...

ZIMBABWE: Rampaging elephants destroying crops

africa » zimbabwe » bulawayo
IRIN http://www.irinnews.org
Friday, April 18, 2008
Marauding elephants that escaped fromthe Hwange National Park, an animal sanctuary in rural southwestern Zimbabwe,are destroying any hopes among...
elephants, production, farmers, park, food, crops, destruction, security, hunger
SWAZILAND: Underpaid and under...

SWAZILAND: Underpaid and undervalued - caregivers go hungry

africa » swaziland » mbabane
PlusNews http://www.plusnews.org
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Overworked and poorly paid, volunteer caregivers in Swaziland struggling to cope with the growing numbers of bedridden patients with HIV, are faced...
food, patients, hiv, aids, hunger, children, environment, caregivers, people
AFRICA: Soaring food and fuel ...

AFRICA: Soaring food and fuel prices may hurt growth

africa » ethiopia » addis ababa
IRIN: http://www.irinnews.org
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Tayech Ali arrived half an hour before the grain distribution centre in Gojam Berenda, in the capital, Addis Ababa, opened, but still had to queue...
food, fuel, prices, inflation, earnings, hunger, governments, markets, agriculture
UGANDA:

UGANDA: "Survival of the fittest" as food crisis bites Karamoja region

africa » kenya » karamoja region
Monday, March 24, 2008
The food crisis in northeastern Uganda's Karamoja region has reached such a dire level that more than one million people are in need of emergency...
food security, hunger, food
MAURITANIA: Record hunger pred...

MAURITANIA: Record hunger predicted in 2008

africa » mauritania » nouakchott
Monday, March 24, 2008
Food security experts predict that Mauritania, where 70 percent of food eaten is imported, may face its highest ever levels of hunger in 2008, and...
hunger, food, food security, import, food price
World potato photography conte...

World potato photography contest launched

europe » italy » rome
FAO
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Highlighting the role of potato in the fight against hunger and poverty A world photography contest to highlight the role of the potato as a source...
photography, potatoes, hunger, poverty, prizes, contest, global, economy, food
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