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Southern African Crisis

August 2002

08/28/2002 Under pressure from attacks on its new "McAfrika" sandwich - allegedly drawn from an "authentic" African recipe - the Norwegian operation of fast food chain McDonald's agrees to print and distribute information about the famine in Southern Africa.
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From: allAfrica.com
Related: [Norway] [Southern Africa] [Aid] [Corporations]
08/28/2002 Genetically modified food is safe for human consumption and should be used to fight the famine threatening millions in southern Africa, says the head of the World Health Organisation.
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From: Daily Mail & Guardian
Related: [Southern Africa] [Aid] [Food] [Genetics]
08/25/2002 Some Swazis are reportedly resorting to prostitution and crime as the only means of survival in the face of food shortages.
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From: Swaziland Solidarity Campaign
Related: [Swaziland] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [Justice and Crime]
08/23/2002 Zambia's rejection of genetically modified foods is intended to protect the long-term interests of the people and the environment, says President Levy Mwanawasa.
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From: The Post
Related: [Zambia] [Aid] [Food] [Genetics]
08/19/2002 The Swaziland government's decision to buy a US$45 million jet for King Mswati III when part of the country's population is threatened with starvation is questioned by the World Food Programme.
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From: Swaziland Solidarity Campaign
Related: [Swaziland] [Aid] [Food] [United Nations]
08/14/2002 Although the Zimbabwe government's goal of putting farmland into the hands of black farmers may have long-term benefits, food production will suffer in the interim, says the United States Department of Agriculture.
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From: ReliefWeb UN OCHA
Related: [Zimbabwe] [Agriculture] [Food] [Land]
08/14/2002 A United Nations agency urges aid groups to re-think how they tackle humanitarian crises in Southern Africa following indications that people are poorer than they were five years ago.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Southern Africa] [Development] [Aid] [Poverty]
08/07/2002 The European Commission announces an extra US$60 million aid for Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia, the countries hit hardest by food shortages.
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From: ReliefWeb UN OCHA
Related: [Malawi] [Zimbabwe] [Zambia] [Europe] [Southern Africa] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food]
08/07/2002 Zimbabwe diverts $18 million from resuscitating struggling businesses in order to use the money to help feed famine-threatened people, according to a state-run newspaper.
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From: Daily Mail & Guardian
Related: [Zimbabwe] [Food] [Economy]
Distribution of maize seeds in Malawi
08/07/2002 With three million people facing hunger in Malawi, the Anti-Corruption Bureau recommends the prosecution of high-ranking members of the government for selling off grain reserves.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Malawi] [Food] [Governance]
Image: Distribution of maize seeds in Malawi
08/06/2002 Without effective action, at least 300,000 Southern Africans will die in the next six months as a result of the food crisis, warns the World Health Organization.
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From: ReliefWeb UN OCHA
Related: [Southern Africa] [Aid] [Food] [Health] [United Nations]
08/01/2002 The United States and Zimbabwe reach agreement on delivery of emergency supplies of genetically modified maize, according to US officials.
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From: allAfrica.com
Related: [Zimbabwe] [United States] [Food] [Genetics]

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2002
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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