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WFP makes urgent appeal for more aid to Zimbabwe

by , AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters JOHANNESBURG, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans were starting to run out of food and made an urgent funding appeal ...

add a comment | Aug 01, 2007    


Feeding Billions, a Grain at a Time

by , Hunger in the News

Wall Street Journal...

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First Lady Makes Case for Sustained American Aid to Africa

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The New York Sun...

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Violence cuts aid to 500,000 in Darfur-UN official

by , AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters By Simon Apiku KHARTOUM, July 31 (Reuters) - Attacks and banditry has left some 500,000 needy Darfuris out of reach of the world's largest aid operation in Sudan's remote west, a U.N. official ...

add a comment | Jul 31, 2007    


Child malnutrition above emergency in West Darfur town

by , AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters (Adds further WFP comment) By Opheera McDoom KHARTOUM, July 31 (Reuters) - Malnutrition rates for young children have risen above emergency levels in West Darfur's capital el-Geneina and the ...

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Acute malnutrition again stalks Niger children-UN

by , AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY, July 31 (Reuters) - More than one in seven children under 3 years old in Niger are suffering from acute malnutrition as the annual lean season begins, despite ...

add a comment | Jul 31, 2007    


Food insecurity worsens in Nepal

by , WFP.org Newsroom News

A series of natural disasters in 2006 and 2007 have severely impacted on crop production in Nepal, placing a significant number of people at risk of food insecurity, according to the joint report released this week by the WFP and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)....

add a comment | Jul 27, 2007    


Lack of cash threatens school meals in Benin

by , WFP.org Newsroom News

Tens of thousands of children in the West African nation of Benin will not receive a daily school meal next term unless more funds are immediately made available, WFP has warned....

add a comment | Jul 24, 2007    


Hunger's global hotspots: 14th July 2007

by , WFP.org Newsroom News

Ten countries where violence persists and populations live in fear. People in Hunger's Global Hotspots don't know what tomorrow will bring and they often have to rely on WFP for their next meal....

add a comment | Jul 20, 2007