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Kenya yet to recover from financial crisis
Nairobi :: Kenya | about 23 hours ago
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Kenya is yet to recover from the negative effects of the financial crisis that affected most world economies this year. President Kibaki said even though the country recorded little signs of recovery, it was very much still reeling from the shocks of...
Tags: Kibaki, president kibaki, Kenya, Nairobi, Famine, Agriculture, Agricultural productivity, Kenyan crisis, Economy of Kenya, Politics of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, Environment
Africa: Cancer Deaths Surging As Lifestyles Change
Dar es Salaam :: Tanzania | 1 day ago
Credibility Cancer Deaths Surging As Lifestyles Change Dagi Kimani 23 November 2009 Nairobi — When 700 cancer experts met recently in Dar es Salaam, few had illusions about the challenges facing them. Many were, however, still shocked by the facts that emerged from...
Tags: climate talks, Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Cancer, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam Region, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Agriculture, Food, Famine, Population, Poverty, Disaster Accident, Environment
Nassir Commissioner calls for voter registration extension
Malakāl :: Sudan | 3 days ago
Credibility Nassir County commissioner, Upper Nile State, Major General Gathoth Gatkuoth, called for extension of voter registration process saying his county is experiencing food short which diverts local population from giving full attention to registration. Some...
Tags: voter registration, registration process, Sudan, Malakāl, Famine, Environment, Elections, Malakal, Disaster Accident
New approach to aid needed in Africa
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 4 days ago
Credibility Twenty-five years after the world was gripped by harrowing scenes of starvation and death in Ethiopia, chronic hunger has returned to the Horn of Africa. Last month the Ethiopian government called for urgent international assistance to help feed 6,2-million...
Tags: Ethiopian, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Red Cross, Development, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Famine, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Humanitarian aid, Aid, International organizations, Disaster Accident, Least Developed Countries, Poverty, Hunger, African Union member states, African countries, Horn of Africa, Somalia, world food price crisis, Malnutrition, World Food Programme, Social Issues, Environment
Is There Such a Thing as Agro-Imperialism?
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 4 days ago
Credibility Dr. Robert Zeigler, an eminent American botanist, flew to Saudi Arabia in March for a series of high-level discussions about the future of the kingdom’s food supply. Saudi leaders were frightened: heavily dependent on imports, they had seen the price...
Tags: Dr. Robert Zeigler, Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Economy of Asia, Peak oil, world food price crisis, Food security, Famine, Environment, Food politics, Humanitarian aid, Poverty
ZIMBABWE: No collateral, no inputs, then no food
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 4 days ago
Credibility The planting season in Zimbabwe is fast approaching, but farmers are struggling to access crucial agricultural inputs, bringing fears of yet another poor harvest. "Before the government of national unity came into being [in February 2009] ... new farmers...
Tags: Zimbabwe, GMB, reform programme, commercial banks, Thomas Chirandu, Harare, Food security, Robert Mugabe, Famine, Environment, Business Finance, Food politics, Agriculture
Modern Life Is Probably Screwed by Peak Oil, But It's Not Too Late to Avoid Mass Starvation
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility The challenge of feeding 7 or 8 billion people while oil supplies are falling is stupefying. It'll be even greater if governments keep pretending that it isn't going to happen. Share and save this post: AlterNet Social Networks:
Tags: San Francisco, Futurology, Peak oil, Sustainability, George Monbiot, Famine, Business Finance, Poverty, Petroleum politics, Environmental economics, Human Interest, Technology Internet
Survey: Culture shapes Turkey-EU views
İstanbul :: Turkey | 5 days ago
Credibility Europeans tend to base their views of Turkey as a member of the European Union not on political or economic but cultural grounds, a survey indicates. The survey, conducted in five EU countries between June 2008 and this month, was performed by Bogazici...
Tags: Turkey-EU, Spain, Bosnian, Turkey, İstanbul, Economy of Africa, Economy of Asia, world food price crisis, Food security, Famine, Business Finance, Food politics, Food and Agriculture Organization, Peak oil, Disaster Accident, Environment, Zaman, European Union, Abdullah Gￃﾼl, Recep Tayyip Erdoￄﾟan, Israel￢ﾀﾓTurkey relations, Accession of Turkey to the European Union, Pacta sunt servanda
Despite its best efforts Ethiopia cannot make dreaded ‘F’ word go away
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 6 days ago
Credibility No wonder Ethiopian government ministers cringe whenever the topic comes up. They would prefer to talk about undoubted achievements — impressive economic growth rates, smart new roads and buildings, a streamlined efficient civil service, increased exports,...
Tags: Ethiopian, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Nile, Famine, Disaster Accident, Droughts, Bob Geldof
UN: 23-million go hungry in Horn of Africa
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 6 days ago
Credibility United Nations officials say years of drought and war, as well as high food prices and the global financial crisis, have made the Horn of Africa one of the most critical hunger areas in the world, with 23-million people not getting enough to eat. The...
Tags: Ethiopia, food aid, Addis Ababa, Malnutrition, African countries, world food price crisis, World Food Programme, Food security, Food politics, Food and Agriculture Organization, Horn of Africa, Environment, Disaster Accident, Famine, Meles Zenawi, Humanitarian aid, Poverty, Agriculture in Ethiopia
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