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UNICEF Deputy Executive Director calls for immediate action to tackle food shortages in areas of Southern Sudan

Posted by: chnarendra  | 

Jūbā :: Sudan | 10 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 4

UNICEF’s Deputy Executive Director, Hilde F. Johnson, today urged for more action to be taken in Southern Sudan to stop severe food shortages in parts of the country escalating into a worse crisis.   “Now is the time to act. Everybody...

Tags: UNICEF, food shortage

Khartoum denies arming militias

Khartoum :: Sudan | 3 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Officials in the north of Sudan have rejected accusations they armed militias who killed dozens in recent ethnic clashes in the south. Humanitarian minister Abdelbagi Gailani described the clashes as a "war between tribes" and said Khartoum was committed...

Tags: Southern Sudan, massive food, Ms. Lise Grande, food shortage, humanitarian perfect, perfect storm, Khartoum, humanitarian coordinates

Global partnerships the way forward

Nairobi :: Kenya | 9 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Food, or lack of it has been at the root of many of the pivotal moments in human history – from the French Revolution to the Ethiopian revolution of 1974. The current food shortages in Kenya are part of a wider challenge facing the world, as highlighted...

Tags: food, food shortage, corruption, hunger, hungry

Cotabato archbishop named head of task force on floods

Manila :: Philippines | 10 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has tapped Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo to head a presidential task force to rehabilitate and develop the heavily-silted Mindanao River Basin, which caused massive flooding in the Cotabato area last year. A Malacañang...

Tags: president, flood, food shortage, for

Worsening Security Situation Forces UN to Consider New Shipping Routes Into Afghanistan

Kabul :: Afghanistan | 12 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Afghans are bracing for another harsh winter made worse by food shortages and ongoing violence. This year, United Nations officials say attacks on their food convoys are creating an even more difficult situation than in years past...During this winter...

Tags: food shortage, for, another, will

Cyclone Nargis leaves millions in misery six months later

Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

There is an acute lack of clean water and growing fears of food shortages, while thousands remain living in makeshift shelters. And on top of that, there are increasing reports of human rights abuses. "The Burmese military's obsession with control is...

Tags: farmers, food shortage

East Timor faces severe food shortages: report

Dili :: East Timor | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The survey, by aid agencies including Oxfam and the Christian Children's Fund, has found food insecurity is becoming a chronic problem in the East Asia and Pacific Region. The results show the number of children under the age of five suffering from chronic...

Tags: timor, food shortage, East Timor, asia

ETHIOPIA: Families hard hit by food crisis

Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The crowd that filled Konso Mekane Yesus primary school in Karat town, 600km south of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, were not pupils, but hundreds of mothers and children forced by food shortages to queue for relief rations. Waiting on 2 September,...

Tags: food shortage, Ethiopian, food crisis

Indian flood victims face food shortages

Posted by: crystalw  | 

Pūrnia :: India | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 3

PURNIA, India (CNN) -- The piercing wails from little lungs fill the air at this makeshift relief camp in Bihar's flood-ravaged Purnia district. Villagers wade through floodwaters on the outskirts of Bhubaneshwar, India, on Friday. The...

Tags: India, Flood, Food Shortage

Mideast facing choice between crops and water

Cairo :: Egypt | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Losing confidence in world markets, these nations are turning anew to expensive schemes to maintain their food supply. Djibouti is growing rice in solar-powered greenhouses, fed by groundwater and cooled with seawater, in a project that produces what...

Tags: food shortage, crop

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