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Surviving on a crust in Cairo’s expanding slums

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun23 10

CAIRO - For seven-year-old Ahmed Yasser, it is normal to have just a crust of bread to munch on ...

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Kakuma camp cuts child malnutrition

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun22 10

NAIROBI - Aid workers in a camp for some 80,000 refugees in northwest Kenya have in six months slashed ...

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Ghana tops list of less hungry countries

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun22 10

JOHANNESBURG - Ghana, often hailed as a success story in West African agriculture, tops a global list of 10 ...

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Not spending enough on food

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun21 10

JOHANNESBURG - "Africa is now facing the same type of long-term food deficit problem that India faced in the ...

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Cash to fill the food gap?

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun15 10

DAKAR - Logistical and funding constraints could cause shortages in the food aid pipeline from July onward, hampering distributions ...

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When the cattle die, so does wealth

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun14 10

MAO - In rural Chad cattle are currency, the down-payment on ceremonies, a savings plan during sickness and emergency ...

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The village that will not need food aid

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun9 10

ABREHA WE ATSEBEHA - "We will be self-sufficient," said Gebremichael Giday, chairman of Abreha we Atsebeha, a village high ...

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Government denies food aid manipulated for political gain

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun7 10

ADDIS ABABA - After harvesting just 50kg of grain last year from his tiny plot in an arid corner ...

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Growing self-esteem at farm schools

by IRIN | 0 » | May21 10

Rural Kenyans affected by the post-election violence in 2008 are among thousands of beneficiaries of a programme that aims ...

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Half rural population need emergency food aid

by IRIN | 0 » | May5 10

NAIROBI - About half of Djibouti's rural population will need emergency food assistance this year due to the combined ...

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