Tag Archives: Food Security
Paris – Three-quarters of African countries and several “Arab Spring” nations are at high or extreme risk of a food crisis, according to an analysis published on Wednesday. In a survey of 197 countries, 59 are most at risk of … read more »
Posted in Burundi, Chad, Comoros, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Somali, South Sudan, Special Reports
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Tagged Arab Spring, Democratic Republic Congo, Ethiopia, Food Security, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, North Korea, Sierra Leone, sub-Saharan Africa
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BLANTYRE — More than 10 percent of Malawi’s inhabitants will need food aid over the next few months following massive crop failure in the south, a report said Monday. The report said 1.63 million Malawians, out of a population of … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Malawi, News, Spotlight
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Aid, All Africa, Bingu wa Mutharika, Blantyre, breaking news, East Africa, Food Security, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Joyce Banda, Malawi, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Plant pathology, United Nations, West Africa
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The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition At the recent 2012 G8 Food Security Summit in Washington, D.C., Abebe Gellaw, a young Washington-based Ethiopian journalist, stood up in the gallery and thunderously proclaimed to dictator Meles Zenawi, “… Food … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Berlin Conference, Camp David, Ethiopia, Food Security, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Zenawi
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Mr. President (of the African Union), Please allow a West African peasant to share with you his preoccupations in the run-up to the G8 Symposium on food security to be held in Washington on 18-19 May 2012 and the G8 … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Pan African News
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Tagged African cuisine, African Union, Camp David, Food Security, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, sub-Saharan Africa, United States, World Economic Forum
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“Today, I can announce a new global effort we are calling a ‘New Alliance’ for food security and nutrition. And, to get the job done, we are bringing together all the key players around a shared commitment,” said Obama. At … read more »
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, africa song, africa toto, african food, Barack Obama, Camp David, Food Security, G8, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, obama, United States
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By Alemayehu G. Mariam White House spokesman Jay Carney announced last week that President Obama has invited the presidents of Ghana,African Hunger Games at Camp David – Alemayehu G. Mariam Tanzania, Benin and Meles Zenawi to attend the G8 Summit … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Camp David, Ethiopia, Famine Early Warning Systems Network, Food Security, Indepth Africa Magazine, Meles Zenawi, obama, Zenawi
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BY KEFFYALEW GEBREMEDHIN Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has finally come full circle. Over the decades, he has thrived on controversies, some of which he fostered, and stil does, with unmatched skills and perfect timing. They have served his purpose of … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Ethiopia, Food Security, Gates, IndepthAfrica, Meles, Meles Zenawi, Stanford University
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By Jacob K. Lupai South Sudan is made up of ten States which grew out of the previous three southern provinces of Upper Nile, Equatoria and Bahr el Ghazal. As history shows the people of South Sudan have had a … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Agriculture, Bahr el Ghazal, Food Security, South Sudan, Sudan, Sustainable agriculture, Upper Nile, World Food Programme
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This year’s Africa Investment Forum, themed ‘Partnering with ECOWAS to Accelerate Investment’, is underway in Accra. The 2-day forum, organized by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) in collaboration with the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC), seeks to promote investment and … read more »
Posted in Business, Economy, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Africa news, African news, Alan Collins, Commonwealth Business Council, Economic Community of West African States, Food Security, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama
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Millions of people in South Sudan will face hunger this year if urgent action is not taken, according to a joint report issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP). … read more »
Posted in South Sudan, Special Reports
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Tagged FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food Security, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, South Sudan, Sudan, United Nations, WFP, World Food Programme
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November 18, 2011 by benim
Johannesburg – Hunger and drought is receding in Somalia, but 250 000 people remain on the verge of “imminent starvation”, the United Nations said on Friday in a new assessment. The UN downgraded the situation in three regions – Bay, … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Addis Ababa – A top US aid official says the US will donate more than $121m to Ethiopia to fight food insecurity amid a drought in the East African nation. Usaid director Raj Shah said Tuesday during a visit to … read more »
Posted in AIDS / Humanitarian, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Agricultural methods need to be radically overhauled to ensure food production rises to meet increasing demand but that water resources are not depleted further by doing so, research showed on Monday. A radical overhaul of agriculture could create farms that … read more »
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Nairobi – The UN declared three new regions in Somalia famine zones on Wednesday, expanding the area where the highest rates of malnutrition and mortality are taking place, including the refugee camps in the capital of Mogadishu. The UN’s food … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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