16 March 2012 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning that more than a million children below the age of five in the Sahel are facing a disaster amid the ongoing food crisis in the drought-prone region of Africa. They are among the some 15 million people estimated to be at risk of… Continue reading Disaster Stalking Children in Africa’s Drought-Prone Sahel Region, Warns UNICEF
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The F**** Word
Bono, Lead singer, U2; Co-Founder I’ve been known to drop the occasional expletive, but the most offensive F word to me is not the one that goes f***. It’s F***** — the famine happening in Somalia. Drought, violence and political instability have invited in the grim reaper on a scale we have not seen in… Continue reading The F**** Word
Famine in Somalia, by Ban Ki-moon, UN Sec Gen
Across the Horn of Africa, people are starving. A catastrophic combination of conflict, high food prices and drought has left more than 11 million people in desperate need. The United Nations has been sounding the alert for months. We have resisted using the “f-word” — famine — but on Wednesday we officially recognized the fast-evolving… Continue reading Famine in Somalia, by Ban Ki-moon, UN Sec Gen
SOMALIA’S FAMINE: WAY FORWARD FOR THE AFRICAN CONTINENT
It is no longer making headline news that Somalia, a country located to the east of the African continent is presently besieged by an unprecedented famine in the history of the country. Media reports have confirmed over twenty thousand children dead out of malnutrition and associated aliments. Many residents have been forced to desert the… Continue reading SOMALIA’S FAMINE: WAY FORWARD FOR THE AFRICAN CONTINENT