MYANMAR: Nargis recovery needs more funds
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
Two years after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta, funding remains key in sustaining ongoing recovery efforts, the UN says. Read more...
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GHANA: Police crackdown on migrant Fulani herdsmen
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| Thu 29 Apr, 2010. |
Security officials in Ghana are cracking down on migrant Fulani herdsmen, accusing them of rape, vandalism, destruction of farms and armed robbery, but conflict resolution specialists say the herdsmen are being manipulated and the government must abide by regional right-of-passage laws. Read more...
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IRAQ: Domestic wheat, rice production in the doldrums
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| Thu 29 Apr, 2010. |
Iraq is planning to import 80 percent of its wheat and rice requirements in 2010, according to Hussein Ghazy, a spokesman of the state-owned Grains Company affiliated to the Trade Ministry. Read more...
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YEMEN: IDP food rations to be halved from May
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| Thu 29 Apr, 2010. |
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) will cut food rations to some 250,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yemen by 50 percent from the beginning of May. Read more...
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Analysis: Beyond the crisis in Niger
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| Thu 29 Apr, 2010. |
Most NGOs and UN agencies in Niger agree that in 2010 humanitarian actors are better geared to respond to the food security crisis than they were in 2005, but some say there is a risk of repeating mistakes in information-sharing, planning appropriate responses, and raising funds more quickly. Read more...
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TIMOR-LESTE: Poor storage adds to food insecurity
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| Mon 26 Apr, 2010. |
Almost a third of Timor-Leste's maize harvest is lost each year due to poor storage facilities, analysts say, fuelling food insecurity. Read more...
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ETHIOPIA: Feeding family unity
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
Grandmother Anchilalo Ejigu was distraught when her daughter died from an HIV-related illness two years ago, leaving behind two children under five; the family’s other relatives refused to take in the children, so at the age of 50, Anchilalo became a parent all over again. Read more...
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AFGHANISTAN: Drought warnings in northeast
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
Below average rainfall has hit food production in eastern and northeastern Afghanistan where some rain-fed fields have dried out, officials and farmers said. Read more...
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