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19 May 2008
 
 
Drought returns to haunt Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA
Ethiopian mother Ayantu Tamon has lost a child to hunger every year for the last four and now cradles her severely malnourished and weakened three-year-old son Hirbu in her arms. "I just hope...
 
 
09 May 2008
 
Top UN human rights forum to examine food crisis
UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on May 23 to examine how the world's food crisis is undermining the right to food for millions of people, officials said on...
 
 
08 May 2008
 
WTO cannot immediately ease food crisis - Lamy
WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION
The World Trade Organisation cannot conjure up an immediate solution to soaring food prices but a deal in the Doha round to open up world trade could help in the longer term, the WTO's chief...
 
 
29 Apr 2008
 
UN and World Bank say to tackle food crisis
News
U.N. agencies and the World Bank pledged on Tuesday to set up a task force to tackle an unprecedented rise in global food prices that is threatening to spread social unrest.
 
 
15 Apr 2008
 
Zimbabwe police set up checkpoints ahead of strike
ZIMBABWE
Soldiers and police fanned out across Zimbabwe on Tuesday ahead of a general strike called by the opposition to pressure officials to release the results of a presidential election. Army trucks,...
 
 
14 Apr 2008
 
Development ministers urge action on food prices
INTERNATIONAL
Development ministers from around the globe on Sunday called for urgent action to stem soaring food prices, warning that social unrest will spread unless the cost of basic staples is contained....
 
 
09 Apr 2008
 
Global poverty to halve by 2015, Africa lags - report
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The world is on course to halve extreme poverty by 2015, but Africa will fall far short of the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund said on...
 
 
04 Apr 2008
 
Micronutrients, education keys to end hunger - study
INTERNATIONAL
Governments could take a big step towards ending world hunger by spending just $1.2 billion a year in developing nations on dietary supplements and education about the food needs of babies, a study...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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