http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us According to an Agency of the United Nation people who are suffering from hunger already hit the one billion mark. The rapid growth contributed by the global financial crisis and the stubborn high prices of food products. This kind of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/3494770 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:25:51 -0700 Harare, Zimbabwe (AHN) - Amnesty International is alarmed over the risk of extreme hunger in Zimbabwe after a failed agricultural season. The economic difficulty of Zimbabweans is worsened by the ongoing political crisis in the country. AI pointed out most... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1679426 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:22:46 -0700 Hunger hit a new record high in September with some 3.3 million Filipino families going hungry at least once in the last three months, according to the latest Social Weather Stations survey released Monday. The SWS survey, conducted from September... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1576782 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:57:01 -0700 Washington, DC —Thirty-three countries around the world have alarming or extremely alarming levels of hunger, according to the 2008 Global Hunger Index. The Democratic Republic of Congo scored the worst on the Index, followed by Eritrea, Burundi, Niger, Sierra Leone,... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1564188 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:19:11 -0700 The United Nations began yesterday its UN Millennium Campaign to call on government leaders to step up efforts to alleviate poverty and meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. At least 15 million Filipinos are expected to be mobilized... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1563818 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:48:39 -0700 The Philippines is one of the countries hardest hit by higher food prices Almost two-thirds of people - 60% - in 26 countries say higher food and energy prices this year have affected them "a great deal", a BBC report... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1544589 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:55:15 -0700 By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 14 October 2008 Ethiopia is appealing for $266 million in emergency aid for the remainder of this year to alleviate food shortages threatening the lives of nearly 6.5 million people. VOA's Peter Heinlein in Addis... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1537699 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:20:59 -0700 Jan Raath in Mutare Death is stalking Zimbabwe’s children, as a potentially catastrophic famine gathers momentum. Aid agencies say that half the population, about five million people, face starvation, two-thirds of children are out of school and water shortages have... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1528726 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:18:06 -0700 Mindanao Bureau First Posted 17:31:00 10/04/2008 DAVAO CITY, Philippines -- Reports that children have died of hunger in refugee camps in Mindanao have prompted the World Food Program to ship about 40 tons of high-energy and highly-nutritious biscuits to the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1451511 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:45:25 -0700 Enough food is produced globally to feed the planet but even so roughly 925 million people go to bed hungry every night. Hunger is a leading cause of death, killing an estimated 10 million people every year - more than... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1425415 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:59:12 -0700 01 Oct 2008 11:00:15 GMT Source: Concern Worldwide Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. This was part of an event to... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1425297 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:32:16 -0700 New York, September 30: At least 52 Somalis have died when the boat smuggling them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen broke down and they were left adrift with no food or water for 18 days, United Nations has... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1425148 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:03:17 -0700 By Obang Metho September 29th, 2008 Are we so absorbed in our own lives or groups or in competition with others that pity for the less fortunate has disappeared from our souls? Dear Ethiopian: I am addressing this letter to... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1416423 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:46:19 -0700 By : A.Kathirasen ...as we pride ourselves on huge technological advances, hunger is still the waking reality for millions of people.’ — Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen The irony is that people are going hungry not because of a lack... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1401114 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:05:38 -0700 By CARLEY PETESCH, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - Musicians will.i.am and Angelique Kidjo, actress Kristin Davis and model Elle Macpherson helped launch a new campaign Thursday to cut global poverty in half by 2015. "It's calling individuals to realize... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1387888 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:44:19 -0700 Sep 24th 2008 From Economist.com IN RECENT weeks, the list of unknowns about North Korea has shot up. Kim Jong Il, the country’s 66-year-old dictator, has been out of sight since early August. Is he dead? Paralysed with a stroke?... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1377090 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:33:03 -0700 By Joe De Capua Washington 18 September 2008 There's new information today on the effects of soaring food prices around the world. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization says rising prices have "plunged an additional 75 million people below the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1350664 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:18:58 -0700 By Tom Rivers London 18 September 2008 Rivers report - Download (MP3) Rivers report - Listen (MP3) According to an international aid agency, the number of people living on the edge of poverty has nearly doubled during the past two... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1350640 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:10:26 -0700 EDWIN FERNANDEZ 09/18/2008 | 09:11 PM MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – Conditions are worsening for villagers who have fled renewed fighting between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, now in its sixth week. Many... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1350569 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:40:34 -0700 Thursday, September 18, 2008 | 2:54 PM ET CBC News Soaring food prices have added at least 75 million people to the world's hunger rolls, the United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization says. The increase brings the total number of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/1350551 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:24:38 -0700