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Swaziland: Country's Worst Harvest Ever - 400,000 People in Need of Assistance May 23, 2007

2007 [UN]: A prolonged dry spell and high temperatures ravaged Swaziland's maize crop in 2007, resulting in the lowest annual harvest on record and leaving more than a third of the population in need of food assistance, according to a report issued today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).

One in Three Swazis Need Food Aid May 23, 2007

2007 [BBC]: A third of the population of Swaziland will need food aid after the 2007 maize harvest was the lowest on record.

Zimbabwe Predicts Bread, Flour Shortages May 23, 2007

2007 [CNN]: Less than a tenth of the wheat crop targeted for this year has been planted with just two weeks of the planting season remaining, the government acknowledged Wednesday, blaming acute shortages of cash, fertilizer, gasoline and tractors.

Social Assessment and Tribal Health Nutrition May 22, 2007

2004 [Ministry of Family Welfare]: Tribal groups in Bangladesh have their own set of languages, social structures, cultures and economic activities.

Africa's Food Crisis April 11, 2007

2005 [Council on Foreign Relations]: In quantitative terms, there is enough food available to feed the world’s 6.4 billion people, but 852 million people will still go hungry this year.

Food Aid for Africa Languishes in Congress April 11, 2007

2005 [New York Times]

Pirates: Latest Threat to Africa Food Aid April 11, 2007

2005 [Christian Science Monitor]: hulking UN-chartered cargo ship, docked at a port in Somalia this week, was halfway finished unloading its 850 tons of corn and rice when a band of gun-toting bandits stormed aboard and forced the crew to take the ship to sea.

Africa Bites the Bullet on Genetically Modified Food Aid April 11, 2007

2002 [World Press]: Millions of people in the world eat genetically modified (GM) foods every day. But recently, seized by fears over possible economic repercussions and potential health risks, famine-ridden nations in southern Africa have chosen to reject offers of GM food aid from the United States.

The Forgotten Famine: Africa's Hungry Are Being Ignored April 11, 2007

2003 [New Internationalist]: According to UN estimates, about 200 million people in Africa are malnourished, and about 40 million Africans are in even greater peril.

Adventists Responding to Looming Famine in Africa April 10, 2007

2002 [Adventists Network]: With mass starvation threatening 34 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, including some 200,000 Adventists, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is mobilizing its resources to respond and avert thousands of deaths.

The End of Famine Relief in Africa April 10, 2007

2006 [Guardian Unlimited]: The United Nations has launched a $500 million emergency fund to support work on humanitarian disasters.

Impact of AIDS Worsens African Famine April 10, 2007

2002 [WHO]: The HIV/AIDS epidemic is fuelling a widening and increasingly deadly famine in southern Africa, according to a new report “AIDS Epidemic Update 2002”.

Africa Famine Strategy Criticized April 10, 2007

2005 [CBS News]: Tens of millions of Africans will continue to go hungry over the next 20 years unless major changes in trade and aid policies are enacted, a research institute said Thursday

Ending Famine in the Horn of Africa April 10, 2007

2004 [The White House]: Ending the Cycle of Famine in the Horn of Africa, Raising Agricultural Productivity, and Promoting Rural Development in Food Insecure Countries

Africa Drought and Famine April 10, 2007

2004 [UMCOR]: Every 30 seconds an African child dies of hunger. The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is sending food aid to 55 villages in southern Niger where starvation and malnourishment have become epidemic.

Famine Spread Across Africa April 10, 2007

2003 [Africa Recovery]: On a scale not seen in Africa in nearly two decades, famine is once again stalking the continent.

Famine in Africa April 10, 2007

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Initiative to End Hunger in Africa April 10, 2007

The Initiative to End Hunger in Africa (IEHA) is a Presidential Signature Initiative, launched at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development and implemented by the United States Agency of International Development (USAID).

HIV/AIDS and Food Security in Southern Africa April 10, 2007

2002 [Oxfam]: Southern Africa is facing a serious humanitarian crisis with severe long-term consequences affecting the entire region.

Famine and AIDS April 03, 2007

2003 [Africa Recovery]: As Southern Africa's HIV/AIDS infection rates combine with widespread famine conditions, the region faces not only sickness and starvation, but also a severe long-term threat to its economies and societies.

HIV/AIDS and Food Security in Southern Africa April 03, 2007

2006 [Oxfam]: Southern Africa is facing a serious humanitarian crisis with severe long-term consequences affecting the entire region.