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07 Aug 2008
 
 
Canadian frigate to escort food aid to Somalia
SOMALIA
Canada is deploying a frigate off Somalia to escort U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) ships carrying vital aid and protect them from pirate attacks, the Canadian government said on Wednesday. "Food...
 
 
22 Jul 2008
 
UN urges donors to avert crisis in Somalia
SOMALIA
International donors have funded only about a third of a $637 million aid appeal for Somalia, where drought, violence and record food prices threaten a disaster, a senior U.N. official warned on...
 
 
UN seeks urgent cash for Ethiopia food aid
UNITED NATIONS
The U.N. food agency urgently needs $222 million to avert a major food crisis in Ethiopia, where millions are struggling to cope with drought and high prices, it said on Monday. The Ethiopian...
 
 
15 Jul 2008
 
UN warns Somali crisis could rival '92-93 famine
AFRICA
The killing and kidnapping of aid workers in Somalia threatens to wreck all attempts to resolve a humanitarian disaster that could soon rival its famine in the early 1990s, the United Nations...
 
 
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...
 
 
12 May 2008
 
Cash-strapped WFP cuts food aid in Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA
A lack of funds has forced the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) to cut by more than half the number of districts in drought-hit Ethiopia it serves, the food agency said on Monday and appealed for...
 
 
28 Mar 2008
 
Displaced Somalis loot food aid in Mogadishu
SOMALIA
Somalis uprooted by fighting in Mogadishu looted trucks carrying U.N. food aid on Friday, peacekeepers said, highlighting what relief agencies warn is a fast deteriorating humanitarian...
 
 
19 Mar 2008
 
Danish warship escorts food aid to Somalia
SOMALIA
Bristling with heavy machineguns and computerised grenade launchers, the HDMS Thetis with its crew of Danish marines is shepherding vital food aid through one of the world's most dangerous...
 
 
11 Jan 2008
 
UN says 500,000 may need aid in Kenya for months
KENYA
The United Nations estimated on Friday that 500,000 people caught up in post-election violence in Kenya would need humanitarian assistance including vital food rations. It plans to seek funds next...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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