Analysis: The 'deadly dilemma' in the Horn of Africa
- 20 January, 2012 (Brian Stewart) - "Still,
many people have raised the obvious question
about the world's so-called responsibility to
protect.
If it is all right for the UN to back air raids in
Libya to save civilians, not to mention the
similar action over Kosovo in 1999, then why is
Africa can feed itself but lacks political
will to place food first
04 January, 2012 | By FRED OLUOCH
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But African governments lack political will to put food security top
in the agenda.
According to the Horn of Africa Crisis Situation Report, a new
food analysis of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
in Djibouti indicates that the situation has deteriorated from
“stressed” to “crisis”.
In Ethiopia, drought conditions are expected to worsen in the
northern parts of Afar and parts of northern Somalia despite the
short rains the region received between October and Dece....More
will to place food first
04 January, 2012 | By FRED OLUOCH
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- Even as a UN report
warned of a looming
food crisis in the
Horn of Africa due
to expected dry spell
in the coming
months, it emerged
that Africa has the
capacity to become
self-sufficient in food
But African governments lack political will to put food security top
in the agenda.
According to the Horn of Africa Crisis Situation Report, a new
food analysis of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
in Djibouti indicates that the situation has deteriorated from
“stressed” to “crisis”.
In Ethiopia, drought conditions are expected to worsen in the
northern parts of Afar and parts of northern Somalia despite the
short rains the region received between October and Dece....More
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U.N. Says Somalia Famine Has Ended, but Warns
That Crisis Isn’t Over
That Crisis Isn’t Over
- 04 February, 2012 (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....More
Medical Center in Gode, Ethiopia, an Oasis for
Children
03 February, 2012 (SOS Children's Villages) - In this hot, arid
and extremely poor region of Ethiopia, the center is an oasis, a
place of healing where vulnerable women like Hamdi can always be
sure of medical treatment for their children...More
Children
03 February, 2012 (SOS Children's Villages) - In this hot, arid
and extremely poor region of Ethiopia, the center is an oasis, a
place of healing where vulnerable women like Hamdi can always be
sure of medical treatment for their children...More
New Horn of Africa drought warning
results on food security in the region could be serious, a....More
- 05 March, 2012 (RTCC) - "The region
suffered its worst drought in six decades
last year and now the Intergovernmental
Authority on Development Climate
Prediction and Applications Center
(ICPAC) has predicted below average
results on food security in the region could be serious, a....More
