Poverty | -Ghana isn’t that great says the CPP-

I was waiting for someone to say it. I've been touting the horns of Ghana for way too long. It's about time I find something to make every other African sigh in relief. Yes, Ghana isn't perfect. Despite its child prodigy status, Ghana still has a lot to tackle. As a matter of fact, the Convention Peoples [...]

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Africa|-consumed by hunger-

As drought, famine and war ravage the Horn of Africa, nearly 29,000 children aged below five have already died. Even as it battles the worst drought in 60 years, Somalia can barely lick the wounds inflicted by civil strife, which has plagued the beleaguered nation for two decades. Impoverished refugees fleeing the country to aid [...]

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Climate update : Is climate change to blame for famine in the Horn of Africa? (via LEARN FROM NATURE)

It’s impossible, says Duncan Green of  The Guardian, to answer with a simple yes or no – but here’s a summary of what we think we know so far So is famine in the Horn of Africa linked to climate change or not? The question arises whenever “extreme weather events” – hurricanes, floods, droughts – hit our TV screens. It’s impossible [...]

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July 26th UN Briefing on the Emergency in the Horn of Africa.

“Famine is not a word we use lightly” said Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, at the Rome meeting called to discuss the emergency in Eastern Africa which is in the grip of the worst drought in 6 decades. The rains did not come; the crops failed; the next rains – if [...]

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Maps of Famine and Emergency forecasts | East Africa.

The following four maps show Estimated Food Emergency situations in Africa, in general, and Ethiopia, in particular, from Aug-Sept and Oct.-Dec 2011. They are provided by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS-NET) – a USAID-funded system that collaborates with international, regional and national partners to provide timely and rigorous early warning and vulnerability information [...]

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UN: Situation in Somalia deteriorating daily.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Jul 02 2010 13:16 The people of Somalia are facing an increasing lack of security and a humanitarian situation that is worsening daily, a United Nations official said on Friday. "The situation is worsening and every-day violence and human rights abuses in Somalia continue to displace thousands of civilians," Adrian Edwards, a spokesperson for [...]

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Inside world’s biggest refugee camp.

by Nazanine Moshiri, AJE reporter I have been to refugee camps before, but nothing on the sheer scale of Dadaab. The camp was only supposed to house tens of thousands, but according to the latest UNHCR figures there are now more than 370,000 people here. An additional 10,000 or so people still unregistered – add [...]

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The greatest innovation in the third world

The Grameen Bank has been described as the greatest innovation in the third world in the last century. Dr Mohammed Yunus, the founder of the Grameen Bank, was dissatisfied with the poverty in Bangladesh and set out to find a solution for it. This led him to develop the ground breaking banking system that has [...]

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