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The leadership of the African National Congress is not proposing any major changes to South Africa's economic policies; a cash-strapped UN food agency has said that it lacks the funds to keep up...
Three major U.N. agencies threw their weight on Wednesday behind an EU plan to use 1 billion euros to help African farmers, urging lawmakers to approve the measure quickly and let the cash start...
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...
Urgent action is needed to help the poor who are devastated by soaring food prices, but Africa, with sufficient help, faces an opportunity and can become a solution to the global food crisis, the...
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...
The first U.S. military aid flight landed in Myanmar on Monday, but relief supplies continued to just dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a devastating cyclone.
A C-130 military...
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.