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| Special : Famine hits Africa | | Last Updated 12/08/2009 18:57:00 |
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 | Kenya cuts budget to alleviate famine | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Government will slash the budget of all its m
inistries in a bid to raise Sh5 billion to meet part of the Sh24 billion needed
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or emergency relief to address the drought crisis in the country.
12/08/2009 full text... |
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| President declares famine in Kenya 'National Disaster' | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Mwai Kibaki Friday declared the famine
situation in Kenya a National Disaster, paving the way
for the international community to the aid of the country in raising funds
and food to feed over 10 million Kenyans who face starvation.
16/01/2009 full text... |
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| Ethiopia's famine disaster to worsen in 2009 | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's famine appears set to continue into 20
09 following a failed harvest this year, further worsened by the recent flooding
of key agriculturally-productive regions and rising prices for cereals, UN aid a
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encies said.
03/12/2008 full text... |
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| AU donates to famine-stricken Burundians | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The national commission in charge of
relief aid Tuesday received US$50,000 from the African Union (AU) as
assistance to the hunger-stricken population in Burundi, a diplomatic
source revealed here.
24/04/2007 full text... |
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| NGOs demand govt action against famine in Burundi | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Forum for Civil Society
Consolidation, grouping some 100 Burundian NGOs, Monday
called for a national emergency programme against famine,
which is threatening one out of every five Burundians
following heavy rains and severe flooding that hit the
country.
05/03/2007 full text... |
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| Kenya's drought 'marginally' improving | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities Wednesday reported
"marginal improvement" in the food security situation in
famine-hit Kitui district in the eastern Province, following a
fair performance of the short rains.
16/08/2006 full text... |
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| Marchers up against famine in Tanzania | | Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian Prime Minister Edward Lowassa and
World Food Program (WFP) deputy executive director, Sheila Sidulu,
participated Sunday in a march against famine held at Mount Kilimanjaro
in northern Tanzania.
21/05/2006 full text... |
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| Thousands march against famine in Mauritania | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Some 5,000 people took part in a march
against famine organised by the UN World Food Programme Sunday in
Nouakchott to sensitise society at large against this plague and collect
funds for the UN food agency's school feeding programme.
21/05/2006 full text... |
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| Famine drives Burundians towards Tanzania | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - More than 4,000 hungry villagers from the
northeastern region of Burundi have applied for asylum in Tanzania since
the early 2006 due to the famine in their country, the local UN High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Wednesday.
15/02/2006 full text... |
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| UNICEF seeks $14.7m to handle famine in East Africa | |
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UNICEF is appealing for $14.7 million in
emergency aid for some six million people in desperate need of
humanitarian assistance in East Africa and the Horn of Africa
region where a severe drought, the worst in a decade, has left
millions hopeless.
25/01/2006 full text... |
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| Famine kills at least 192 in Burundi | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - At least 192 persons have died in northern
and eastern Burundi as famine rages in the zones formerly described as
the country's "breadbasket", the local press reported Monday.
23/01/2006 full text... |
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| 1.8 million Burundians face grave food crisis | | Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 1.8 million Burundians, or
about one-third of the country's seven million population,
are threatened by famine, as a result of drought and crop
diseases, a report by UN agencies has said.
19/01/2006 full text... |
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| UK pledges to assist Kenyan famine victims | |
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The United Kingdom has pledged to release 3
million sterling pounds to assist famine-stricken Kenyans in response to
an international appeal by local authorities on 1 January to tackle
famine
in the country.
17/01/2006 full text... |
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| Kibaki renews appeal for food aid | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Mwai Kibaki, continuing
his visit to famine-stricken Kenyan villages, Tuesday
renewed his appeal to local and international partners
for emergency assistance to the victims.
10/01/2006 full text... |
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| Kenyan inmates donate food to famine-stricken | |
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Vice President Moody Awori Thursday
received a consignment of food donation intended for hunger-stricken
families in the country, courtesy of prisoners who skipped their New Year
day meal to help their starving compatriots.
05/01/2006 full text... |
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| Over one million Ethiopian pastoralists face famine | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An alarming famine, triggered by the
failure of seasonal rains in the last quarter of 2005, is stalking more
than one million livestock-dependent people in Somali Region of
southeastern Ethiopia, relief agencies have alerted.
04/01/2006 full text... |
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| Kibaki declares Kenya's famine a national disaster | |
Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, speaking on the eve
of the new year, declared Sunday that the state of famine in parts of the
country was a national disaster that needed international assistance to
alleviate the situation.
01/01/2006 full text... |
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| Somali's famine disaster to hit 2 million - FAO | |
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Somalia faces an acute famine following lower
than expected harvests and continuing resource-based conflicts which
might worsen the humanitarian crisis there, the UN Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) has said.
28/12/2005 full text... |
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| Kenya braces for impending famine | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government has set aside 700 million
shillings (US$1=72Kenya Shillings) to ensure a constant supply of food
and water in famine stricken areas of the country, special programmes
minister John Munyes announced here Friday.
23/12/2005 full text... |
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| Zambia still rejects GM foods despite looming famine | | Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - President Levy Mwanawasa has firmly
maintained his government's opposition to Genetically Modified
Organisms, insisting that no grain of this kind shall be imported
to alleviate the common need of more than one million persons now
under threat of famine in Zambia.
13/12/2005 full text... |
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| Mozambican police arrest official over famine relief theft | | Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Jose Chocolo, the administrative
head of Zambue, in Mozambique's western Tete province, has been
arrested by the police, for alleged involvement in the theft of
about 10,000 US dollars of famine relief, national news agency,
AIM reported Friday.
09/12/2005 full text... |
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| Italy promises more aid to Niger | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Italy's under-secretary for foreign affairs,
Marguerita Boniver, pledged here Friday that her country would continue
its food assistance to Niger and help meet its development needs.
14/10/2005 full text... |
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| 200,000 Kenyan children face famine | | Paris, France (PANA) - Some 200,000 children are
threatened by famine in Kenya, a country which needs
urgent food aid of US$20 million to stave off the
starvation, World Vision International said Saturday.
17/09/2005 full text... |
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| Famine heightens prostitution in Niger | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The current famine in Niger has increased
prostitution among young girls and women in the capital, Niamey, where
they are obliged to sell sex to meet their personal needs and those of
their families.
09/09/2005 full text... |
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| France provides new food aid to Mali | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - France has provided an additional subvention of 328
million CFA francs in emergency food aid to enable Mali feed its famine-
stricken population in the country's north.
08/09/2005 full text... |
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| EU donates to emergency food aid for Malawi | | Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has donated 4
million euros toward averting hunger in Malawi that threatens 4.2
million people, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced in a
statement issued Monday Lilongwe.
29/08/2005 full text... |
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| Kofi Annan discusses ways to end Niger's food crisis | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - UN secretary general Kofi Annan on
Wednesday met with Niger government authorities and
representatives of UN agencies in Niamey to discuss ways and
means to resolve the food crisis that has afflicted the West
African country for several months.
24/08/2005 full text... |
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| Annan announces long-term plan for Niger | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - UN Secretary General Kofi
Annan said on Wednesday in Niamey that the world
community would implement a long-term global
development plan to solve Niger's recurring food
crisis.
24/08/2005 full text... |
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| WFP airlifts more food into Niger | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme
(WFP) on Monday and Tuesday provided free rations to
4,694 people in villages around Ouallam, some 90 km
north of the capital of Niger, Niamey.
13/08/2005 full text... |
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| More people facing famine in Niger | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's Agricultural
Development Minister Labo Moussa said on Thursday
that a new food emergency was threatening 300,000
people in the country's southern region of Zinder,
due to drought and delayed planting.
11/08/2005 full text... |
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| Gabon sends 90 tons of food to Niger | | Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon has packed some 90 tons of food
aid for the famine stricken-people of Niger, Gabon's foreign
ministry spokesman Jean-Claude Franck Mendone announced here
Tuesday.
10/08/2005 full text... |
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| FAO urges more vigilance against locusts in Africa | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - There is need for increased vigilance and
intensive operations against desert locusts in Africa despite the
apparent preparation of several countries to tackle the problem,
the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns in a fresh
report.
04/08/2005 full text... |
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| Report says Niger famine was predictable | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - An early end to the rains and localized
desert locust damaged crops and pasturelands in 2004 adversely
impacted Niger's pasture and cereal production, resulting in a
food security crisis in the country's agro-pastoral and pastoral
zones.
04/08/2005 full text... |
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| Famine rampant in Niger's agro-pastoral zones | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A report issued on 10 July this year by
Niger's Early Warning System (Systčme d'Alerte Précoce -SAP)
indicated a worrying food security situation in 56 out of 106
vulnerable zones monitored on a monthly basis.
04/08/2005 full text... |
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| UNICEF gives Niger 145 tonnes of relief food | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - UNICEF has donated 145 tonnes of high
nutritional food items, comprising wheat flour and soya beans,
intended for children, personnel at health facilities and
partners engaged in protecting mothers and children in famine-
stricken Niger.
31/07/2005 full text... |
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| Nigerian MPs donate to Niger hungry | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Each member of Nigeria's 360-seat
lower Federal legislative chamber, House of Representatives,
has pledged 20,000 naira as donation to assist famine victims
in neighbouring Niger.
29/07/2005 full text... |
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| Food aid required urgently in Mozambique | |
London, UK (PANA) - The United States government-
sponsored Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS
NET) has warned that southern and central areas of
Mozambique are facing possible food security crises.
28/07/2005 full text... |
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| WFP airlifts food to famine-hit Niger | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - As the international humanitarian
response to Niger's severe hunger crisis gathers pace, the
World Food Programme (WFP) says a series of airlifts will
deliver life-saving emergency rations to feed 80,000
victims of the country's intensifying emergency.
28/07/2005 full text... |
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| Niger famine petition launched in Paris | | Paris, France (PANA) - French politicians, journalists and
writers have launched a petition aimed at mobilising much
needed food aid to Niger, which is facing severe famine,
with children and mothers hit the most in the disaster.
22/07/2005 full text... |
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| Morocco solidifies ties with famine-hit Niger | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Moroccan King Mohammed VI, who is on a
three-day solidarity visit to strengthen ties with famine
stricken Niger, has already visited a field hospital in Maradi
meant to serve famine victims, especially women and children.
20/07/2005 full text... |
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| Donations pour in for starving Malawians | | Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has
said the American government and several Western donor countries
have donated food aid and cash worth $6.9 million to the people
of drought-hit Malawi.
19/07/2005 full text... |
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| 200 tonnes of food aid for airlift to Niger | | Paris, France (PANA) - About 200 tonnes of emergency food aid for
famine stricken Niger will shortly be airlifted from France via
Hercules C-130 planes of the French army, reliable sources
affirmed here Monday.
18/07/2005 full text... |
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| Ten million need food aid in six SADC countries | | Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - More than 10 million people in six
countries across southern Africa will need emergency food
assistance in the coming year following another year of poor
agricultural production caused by erratic weather and
unaffordable inputs such as fertilizer and seeds.
08/07/2005 full text... |
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| Southern Africa faces severe food shortages | | Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - United Nations and the
Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) officials on
Thursday warned of severe food shortages in six Southern African
countries where more than 10 million people will need
humanitarian assistance.
07/07/2005 full text... |
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| Food crisis looms over the Sahel | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The consequences of last year's
drought and locust invasion continue to threaten the
livelihoods and access to food of millions of farmers
and herders in West Africa, the UN Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) said on Wednesday.
22/06/2005 full text... |
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| Alarming food crisis in Southern Sudan, say agencies | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Relief agencies operating in
Southern Sudan have issued an alert over what they
termed as "an alarming" food shortage in the war-
ravaged region following rain failure and an influx
of returnees from neighbouring countries.
14/06/2005 full text... |
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| Malawi VP spearheads march against hunger | | Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Vice President Cassim Chilumpha of
Malawi on Sunday led thousands of people, including Miss Malawi
and other local celebrities, in street marches throughout the
country aimed at raising money to mitigate the current food
crisis that has affected some 4.2 million of the estimated ten
million population.
12/06/2005 full text... |
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| Niger PM appeals for food aid | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Prime Minister Hama Amadou has
made a passionate appeal to the international
community for emergency humanitarian aid to help
Niger tackle food insufficiency induced by a poor
agricultural season.
29/05/2005 full text... |
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| Famine looms in Niger | |
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Niger democratic co-ordination of the
civil society organisations (CDSN) has bitterly criticised
authorities in the Sahelian country for their lack of concern for
the food distress facing the population.
07/05/2005 full text... |
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| Ethiopia steps up food aid appeal | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian
government has appealed for 320 million US dollars to
urgently address the deteriorating humanitarian
conditions threatening the drought-prone country.
06/05/2005 full text... |
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| Kenya braces for potential famine - official | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government is taking precautionary
steps to avert a potential national famine induced by unprecedented long
dry spell experienced within the peak rainfall months of March and April,
agriculture minister Kipruto Kirwa said here Thursday.
28/04/2005 full text... |
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| US adds $19.5 million to food aid in Ethiopia | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The American Government, through
USAID (US Agency for International Development), Thursday
announced an additional pledge of 47,320 metric tons of wheat
worth over $19.5 million to Ethiopia.
28/04/2005 full text... |
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| Acute water shortages worsen famine in Eritrea | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme has revised
and extended its emergency operation in Eritrea, where five
successive years of inadequate rainfall have led to two-thirds of
the population relying almost entirely on food assistance for
survival.
15/04/2005 full text... |
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| Famine keeps Ethiopian kids out of school | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Up to 6,000 children
have dropped out of school due to hunger as serious
cases of malnutrition rise in Boricha woreda
(district) of Southern Nations, Nationalities and
Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia.
21/03/2005 full text... |
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