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High food costs 'a global burden'
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 has found. The BBC World Service...
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World › Billion going hungry on World Food Day, says Oxfam
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
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World Food Day Thursday, saying the financial crisis had sent food costs soaring and the global total of people in hunger to nearly one billion people. The British-based aid and development charity said rising food prices had pushed an extra 119 million...
Tags: world food day, food, hunger, food prices, global food crisis, crisis, financial, rice, hungry, costs
Ethiopia Appeals for Additional Food Aid
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 Ababa...
Oxfam warns millions more Ethiopians going hungry
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | about 1 year ago
Credibility The number of Ethiopians needing emergency assistance has leapt by 40 percent from 4.6 million to 6.4 million people since June according to latest official figures published by Oxfam International. The agency said the same time cereal rations to...
PAST PRESENT: 'It is unthinkable and unacceptable that in this century,..
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...
UN seeks $460m in Ethiopian aid
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | about 1 year ago
Credibility The United Nations appealed on Monday for $460-million to feed about 10-million Ethiopians hit by drought and high food prices. "The Horn of Africa region is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since 1984, and Ethiopia is caught in the middle," said...
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Dubai Cares to help hungry Ethiopians
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | about 1 year ago
Credibility Dubai Cares' support will help enable Save the Children to provide key health and nutrition aid through its innovative community-based therapeutic care (CTC) sites...The programme will also reach 21,600 pregnant or lactating mothers. Reem Ebrahim Al Hashemi,...
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ETHIOPIA: Emergency needs "set to increase"
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | about 1 year ago
Credibility The number of people requiring emergency food aid is expected to increase as food security has not improved, according to the latest assessment of drought-affected areas, a senior government official said. "In general, the findings of the assessment indicated...
Ethiopian children desperately need food aid: UNICEF
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | about 1 year ago
Credibility 0 The UN children's fund has made an appeal for extra resources to deal with thousands of cases of severe malnutrition in Ethiopia...Some aid agencies running food and medical units say they are being overwhelmed. The World Food Program (WFP) says nearly...
Ethiopia launches a new coffee brand
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Ethiopian government earlier this week launched a new coffee brand which is believed to boost the income of the nation’s coffee producing farmers. “We are launching a new coffee brand to champion Ethiopia’s famous, unique and distinctive fine coffee...
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