Famine|-it’s a small world, after all.-

I am reminded daily just how small our world can be. Most recently, an earthquake on the other side of the globe could have contaminated the fish I eat for dinner or the California coastal water I swim in. Japanese trading delays affected the lines of iPad impatience outside our local Apple stores—providing a front [...]

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Measuring Human Rights (22): When Can You Call Something a “Famine”?

(source) With yet another famine in the Horn of Africa, perhaps it's a good time for a few words about famine measurement. People have a right to adequate nourishment and to be free from chronic hunger (see article 25 of the Universal Declaration). Starvation is an extreme form of violation of this right (and is [...]

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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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East Africa food crisis – all you need to know.

Halima Bare, pictured here with her seven children, walked 50km in search of help after the drought killed 35 of her 40 livestock. Credit: Jo Harrison / Oxfam 21 July, 2011 | Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies If you’ve visited Oxfam’s website in the last few days, seen the news, or read the papers then [...]

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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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Somalis Facing Worst Famine in the World in 20 Years!

Los Angeles Times: "NAIROBI, Kenya— Tens of thousands of Somalis are feared dead in the world's worst famine in a generation, the U.N. said Wednesday, a crisis so severe that the United States is loosening rules meant to p … Read More via Practikel

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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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