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Famine

... and there shall be famines ...

(Matthew 24:7)

Famine in the News


New York Times
UN Says Somalia Famine Has Ended, but Warns That Crisis Isn't Over
New York Times
GENEINA, Sudan — The United Nations said on Friday that the famine that has killed tens of thousands of people in Somalia this past year has ended, thanks to a bumper harvest and a surge in emergency food deliveries. But conditions are still ...
Somalia famine over but there is still a crisis, says UNIrish Times
Somalia's Famine Is Over, But Millions Still Need Food AidNPR (blog)
Famine in Somalia is declared over, but dangers persistScotsman
Press TV -Danbury News Times -National Post (blog)
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The Guardian
UN declares Somalia's famine over, but says millions across East Africa still ...
Washington Post
NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations said Friday that Somalia's famine is over, but the world body's Food and Agricultural Organization warned that continued assistance is needed to stop the region from slipping back. The world body moved the crisis ...
UN declares Somali famine over for nowReuters
Somalia famine ends, but situation still dire / FAO's new Director-General ...StarAfrica.com
UN: Somalia Famine Over, but Millions Still Need Food AidVoice of America (blog)

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Somalia Famine Officially Over, But Crisis Remains
San Antonio Express
In this photo from earlier this year, children line up to receive a meal at a food distribution center for those displaced by last year's famine. The UN warns that continued aid is needed. Photo: Associated Press file photo / AP NAIROBI, ...

International Business Times
Somalia Famine is 'Over,' But Millions Still in Danger
International Business Times
The UN defines a famine as being when the rate of child malnutrition is above 30 percent, at least two in 10000 people die per day, and where there is no access to food and water for some people. “The years of conflict and poor rains have left millions ...

Kansas City Star
Slow response to East Africa hunger 'cost lives'
Boston.com
A food shortage was predicted as early as August 2010, but most donors did not respond until famine was declared in parts of Somalia in July 2011. The report, written by two prominent aid groups, even blamed aid agencies, saying they were too slow to ...
Aid agencies: Donors' slow response to East African hunger crisis 'cost ...Washington Post
Report: World Must Respond Sooner to Food CrisesVoice of America (blog)

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Press TV
Somalia hails Iran's Humanitarian aid
Press TV
Hassan added that, “They (Iranian Red Crescent) played a major role in controlling hunger and famine. They were among the first ones to come to Somalia to provide this humanitarian assistance such as food, shelter and medical assistance.

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Telegraph.co.uk
[Shim Jae Hoon] Hunger pains test North Korea's dynastic succession
The Korea Herald
Thus the rise of Kim Jong-un is overshadowed by the long-running scourge of food shortage, as the country prepares to commemorate the Feb. 16 birthday of his father, a national holiday, and the April 15 centennial birthday anniversary of his ...
Torture, executions are daily occurrences at North Korea's 'rehabilitation' gulagsNational Post

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Feasts bring famine to blood donations
China Daily
By Shan Juan and Wang Qingyun (China Daily) BEIJING - Despite the capital city suffering a blood shortage, many willing donors were turned down because they ate too much fatty food during Spring Festival. Alerts have been issued by the Beijing Red ...

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WA today
Famine isn't an extreme event, it's the predictable result of a broken system
The Guardian (blog)
It is our global food system that is in crisis. Last year's famine in the Horn of Africa, and the current woes in the Sahel, are the surface cracks of a broken system. These regional outbreaks of hunger are not, as such, extreme events.
We can prevent famine if we heed the warningsWA today

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Drought returns to West Africa's Sahel, bringing hunger as crisis looms
Washington Post
The region has not yet recovered from the last drought two years ago, and many families lost their herds which means that they will not have assets to purchase food. Aid workers also worry that donors are suffering from “famine fatigue,” as the looming ...

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