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Southern African Crisis

October 2002

10/30/2002 The famine in Southern Africa is one of the most urgent humanitarian crises in Africa's history and Zimbabwe is hardest hit, says a Catholic relief group.
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From: Catholic Relief Services
Related: [Zimbabwe] [Southern Africa] [Aid] [Emergency Relief]
10/30/2002 The Zambian government's decision not to accept genetically modified relief food will complicate efforts to assist nearly three million people who need help, say aid agencies.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Zambia] [Aid] [Food] [Genetics]
10/29/2002 The International Monetary Fund and World Bank forced Malawi to adopt policies that were responsible for turning a food shortage into a famine, according to a new report.
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From: World Development Movement
Related: [Malawi] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [Economy]
10/23/2002 Crop diversification, irrigation and the expansion of a free farm input scheme for subsistence producers are among measures being introduced by the Malawi government to boost food output next year.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Malawi] [Agriculture] [Food]
10/22/2002 The issue of genetically modified food aid is hurriedly added to the agenda of a World Food Programme executive board meeting, following accusations that it allowed GM food to be included in food aid without informing recipient countries.
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From: GRAIN
Related: [United States] [Southern Africa] [Aid] [Food] [Genetics] [United Nations]
10/10/2002 The Southern African Development Community is to set up an advisory committee to investigate the potential dangers of genetically modified crops.
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From: SciDev.Net
Related: [Southern Africa] [Agriculture] [Genetics]
Strand of DNA with genetically modified tomatoes
10/07/2002 The offer of genetically modified food aid by the United States Agency for International Development is the latest move in a 10-year marketing campaign designed to facilitate the introduction of US-developed GM crops into Africa, a prominent environmental group claims.
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From: Greenpeace UK
Related: [United States] [Africa] [Agriculture] [Aid] [Food] [Trade] [Genetics]
Image: Strand of DNA with genetically modified tomatoes

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2003
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Background
Exploring what causes famine
(01/16/2003)
Floods, drought and conflict are among the many factors contributing to the complexity of widespread famine in Southern Africa, according to this gathering of research undertaken by the Institute of Development Studies over the past two years.
WFP's Africa Hunger Alert campaign
(12/16/2002)
The United Nations World Food Programme's Africa Hunger Alert campaign, is aimed at drawing international attention to the unprecedented crisis gripping the continent where 38 million people face starvation.
GM food aid dossier
(10/28/2002)
Attention increasingly focuses on diplomatic wrangling over whether the recipients of aid should accept unsegregrated genetically modified grain.
UNICEF update
(10/24/2002)
The United Nations Children's Fund's 23 October update on the crisis.
Famine 'real and growing'
(09/15/2002)
At the core of the famine threat are drought, poor harvests, lack of resources for long-term health and food security issues, poor political decisions and the effects of global recession.
The UN's role
(08/11/2002)
Wide areas of Southern Africa are in deep crisis as the World Food Programme struggles to ensure adequate supplies in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Complex causes
Angolan children queue for food
(07/22/2002)
Unpredictable weather patterns, including floods and droughts, have caused crop failures. The situation has been made worse by political and economic factors, leaving people without food, and without seeds to plant new crops.


 
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