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ZIMBABWE: NGOs struggle to fee...

ZIMBABWE: NGOs struggle to feed the hungry

africa » zimbabwe » harare
PlusNews
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Njabulo Sibanda, 15, who lives in Highfield, a low-income suburb in southwestern Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, is one of the more than one million...
editors choice, ngo, hunger, children, cigarettes, people, epidemic, aids
GLOBAL: Freedom from hunger is...

GLOBAL: Freedom from hunger is "not an optional human right"

north america » united states » new york
IRIN
Friday, December 14, 2007
The world has the technical ability but lacks the political will to eliminate global hunger, a scourge afflicting one in eight people that is as much...
hunger, freedom, human rights, report, crime, malnutrition
Climate change threatens world...

Climate change threatens world's poorest says Oxfam

africa
Wikinews
Thursday, December 06, 2007
The anti-poverty group Oxfam says global warming is altering the human food supply and threatening some of the world's poorest people with hunger. At...
climate change, Oxfam, scientest, hunger, problem, food, pollution
WEST AFRICA: High prices of fo...

WEST AFRICA: High prices of food imports may leave people hungry

africa
IRIN
Monday, November 12, 2007
Food monitors are concerned that people in West African countries who rely on international imports of wheat and rice are going to struggle to buy...
regional, high, prices, food, imports, people, hunger, harvests, crop, production
SOUTHERN AFRICA: HIV-induced f...

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...
editors, choice, hunger, famine, hiv, agriculture
FAO to commemorate World Food ...

FAO to commemorate World Food Day

africa » gambia » banjul
The Daily Observer Newspaper
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The country’s  office of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), the UN food and agricultural agency, is currently warming up for the...
events, FAO, UN, food, commemoration, celebration, security, fight, hunger
GUINEA-BISSAU: Low cashew pric...

GUINEA-BISSAU: Low cashew prices could spell hunger, UN warns

africa » guinea bissau
IRIN
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
The price cashew farmers are getting for their produce is so low this year that they might not be able to buy enough food for their families, the UN...
regional, government, cashews, prices, hunger, UN, harvest
ZIMBABWE: Not enough money to ...

ZIMBABWE: Not enough money to feed the hungry

africa » zimbabwe » harare
IRIN
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The amount set aside by the Zimbabwean government to feed at least four million people identified as food insecure is "a mere drop in the sea", say...
regional, government, people, money, hunger, food, market, farmers
WFP disburses 175 metric tons ...

WFP disburses 175 metric tons of rice refugees

africa
The Daily Observer Newspaper
Monday, September 17, 2007
The World Food Programme (WFP), which is the United Nations Agency responsible for the emergency feeding operation of the UN, yesterday disbursed...
events, WFP, refugees, hunger, malnutrition, rice, UNHCR
SOMALIA: Numbers of IDPs overw...

SOMALIA: Numbers of IDPs overwhelming border town

africa » somalia
IRIN
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
At least 8,000 Somalis who fled violence in the capital, Mogadishu, are facing hunger, disease and lack of shelter in Dobley town, near the Kenyan...
regional, violence, shelter, hunger, disease, people
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