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A food crisis has swept through war-torn Somalia and neighbouring Kenya, forcing millions of people to seek aid, and the World Food Program to call for emergency funds to fill a deepening financial gap. "It's the same throughout the region," said Oxfam Canada ... "Rains have failed, ... Published on 26 August 2009...
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www.wfp.org/content/starvation-ravages-east-africa
www.wfp.org/content/starvation-ravages-east-africa
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Spain is doubling its 2009 contribution to WFP to support the agency’s efforts to provide urgent food assistance to 20 million people in the Horn of Africa, where erratic rains, conflict and stubbornly high food prices have produced a prolonged hunger crisis.
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www.wfp.org/newsroom/in_depth/Africa/southern_africa020...
www.wfp.org/newsroom/in_depth/Africa/southern_africa020705.htm
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Over 4 million Africans face famine and starvation. Think of the pain you feel not eating for 12 hours, imagine this over a period of weeks, months and even year as people, particularly children slowly die. ... Help is needed to prevent massive starvation in Southern Africa...
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www.exodusnews.com/editorials/editorial-091.htm
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A two-year drought, coming on top of widespread poverty, production disruptions and depleted food reserves, has plunged Southern Africa into its most serious food emergency in at least a decade. Nearly 16 million people in seven countries are at risk of starvation by the end of this year.
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www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol16no2/162famin.ht...
www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol16no2/162famin.htm
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For more than 130 years, the Missionaries of Africa - a Catholic society of religious men - have been reaching out to men, women and children throughout Africa to preach, teach, heal, and build. ... A few days ago, I received a letter from Fr. Bill Moroney -- one of our Missionary of Africa priests now working in Nairobi,
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www.missionariesofafrica.org/
www.missionariesofafrica.org/
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Fr. Roy is the director of the Missionaries of Africa's development office in Washington, DC. "They are the innocent and silent ... Devastating drought is once again threatening the lives of African men, women and children. In the months ahead, as many as 14 million people will be at risk of starvation and malnutrition.
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www.missionariesofafrica.org/challenges/water1.html
www.missionariesofafrica.org/challenges/water1.html
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The countries on the Horn of Africa and in East Africa have simply become too dangerous for them. ... Only as a result of regular food deliveries by the United Nations World Food Program can the people in Kenya's harsh northern region avoid starvation. Even in less dramatic years, the WFP distributes more food in Kenya than...
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www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,396031,00.h...
www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,396031,00.html
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6 January 2006, Rome - Millions of people are on the brink of starvation in the Horn of Africa due to recent severe droughts coupled with the effects of past and ongoing conflicts, FAO said in a special alert today.
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www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000206/index.html
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