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Food Prices: Hunger Strikes
As the sun sets over Nairobi's sprawling Kibera slum, a sweet smell wafts through a small house where Malahasen Juma is cooking dinner for her eight children: a handful of onions, chopped and tossed into a pot of steaming maize porridge and leftover vegetables. Until recently Juma would spice up suppers with beef or fish stews. But not now. "Everything is more expensive," she says. "The children need milk, but I cannot afford that. Meat is a luxury now, not a necessity. We are just living at God's mercy."
Nations:India Somalia Uganda Myanmar China Niger People:Ban Ki-moon Robert Zoellick George W. Bush Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(Time)
2008-06-11
Hunger in Ethiopia now spreading to adults
Like so many other victims of Ethiopia's hunger crisis, Usheto Beriso weighs just half of what he should. He is always cold and swaddled in a blanket. His limbs are stick-thin.
Nations:Somalia Nigeria Kenya Ethiopia Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-06-09
Fractious summit vows to halve hunger, boost food output
A UN summit vowed Thursday to halve global hunger by 2015 and take "urgent" action over the global food crisis, but only after going into overtime at a fractious summit in Rome.
Nations:Cuba Brazil Italy U.S. Egypt Haiti Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-06-05
Biofuels under fire at International Energy Forum
Biofuels, once seen as a key factor in curbing greenhouse gas emissions, are behind the current global food crisis, major oil producers and consumers charged at an energy forum here on Monday.
Nations:Bangladesh People:Romano Prodi Activities:Global Food Crisis
2008-04-21
World Bank leader urges action on food
The president of the World Bank on Sunday urged immediate action to deal with mounting food prices that have caused hunger and deadly violence in several countries.
People:Robert Zoellick Activities:Global Food Crisis
2008-04-13
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