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Southern African Crisis

February 2003

02/28/2003 The executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP)--who has recently travelled through Zambia, Lesotho, Malawi and Zimbabwe--has warned Thursday that much more effort from both international donors and the private sector will be needed to address the intertwined crises of devastating illness and drought-afflicted agriculture.
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From: allAfrica.com
Related: [Southern Africa] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [HIV/AIDS] [United Nations]
02/25/2003 Although Malawi is expecting a better harvest this year compared with last year's disaster, NGOs have warned that the danger is not yet over and large numbers of people will still be dependent on outside assistance for survival.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Malawi] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food]
02/25/2003 Food aid to Zimbabwe needs to be extended for another year with urgent steps taken to protect people from the consequences of yet another poor harvest, the latest Famine Early Warning Systems Network said on Tuesday.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Zimbabwe] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food]
02/25/2003 In Zambia, in collaboration with its non-government partners, the United Nations has delivered over 50,000 metric tons of UN-provided food, and around 27,000 metric tons of government-provided food relief.
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From: ReliefWeb UN OCHA
Related: [Zambia] [Aid] [Food]
ENS
02/20/2003 As African countries grapple with dwindling crop yields and famine, some farmers have discovered a new way to replenish soil fertility and increase farm yields.
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From: Environment News Service (ENS)
Related: [Africa] [Agriculture] [Food]
Image: ENS
02/20/2003 The UN refugee agency and the World Food Programme (WFP) have warned that more than 1.2 million refugees in Africa could go hungry as WFP is forced to cut food aid due to a funding shortage.
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From: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Related: [Africa] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [Refugees]
02/10/2003 More than 75 percent of Zambians living in the country's Southern, Western and Lusaka provinces do not have a secure source of food and many households throughout the country are surviving on only 38 percent of their daily food requirements, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network said in its latest report.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Zambia] [Southern Africa] [Emergency Relief] [Food]
02/10/2003 The US government has donated 30,000 tons of non-genetically modified sorghum and bulgur wheat to Zambia.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [United States] [Zambia] [Southern Africa] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food]
02/06/2003 Commercial millers in Namibia are to import 54,800 tons of cereal before the end of April to cover the shortfall caused by the erratic and sporadic rainfall.
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From: allAfrica.com
Related: [Namibia] [Agriculture] [Emergency Relief] [Food]
Millions still depend on food aid in Zimbabwe
02/06/2003 Clarity is being sought over a discrepancy between Zimbabwe's official tally of cereal food stocks-which indicated a national surplus-and the reality of on-going shortages on the ground.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Zimbabwe] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [Governance]
Image: Millions still depend on food aid in Zimbabwe © IRIN

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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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