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UN Humanitarian Chief Focuses on Drought Stricken Africa
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, has wrapped up a visit to Kenya and Somalia, again voicing concern that attention...
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Climate Change, Conflict & Ill Health Linked, Pose 'Grave Threat'
" Climate change poses an immediate and grave threat, driving ill health and increasing the risk of conflict, such that each feeds on the other." asserts a new report in the British Medical Journal by...
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Big Oil Compared to Mass Murder by Professor Juan Cole
Oxfam, the British organisation that fights world hunger, has bad news for us all – unless we act now, hunger is going to get worse. After decades of improvement, it looks like a combination of rising...
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Food — Not for Everyone
Today is Blog Action Day, and the topic this year is Food. I could write yet another article packed full of statistics on: - our current and growing food crisis. - the important link between global...
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Global Crisis Wrap-up (Global Crisis Series)
There are many causes that could create a global crisis, from food shortages to financial shortfalls to the effects of global warming and climate change. But the biggest concern is what effect a crisis...
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Millions Of Children Die From Starvation
Nearly 50% of all deaths of children under the age of five are from malnutrition, according to new research published in the Lancet. A world hunger summit was just held in London and the updated...
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