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UN agency says recent Saudi attack on Yemen brings country closer to famine
2015-08-20 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
United Nations' (UN) World Food Programme executive director Ertharin Cousin has slammed the recent Saudi-led bombings on Yemen's port in Hodeida, saying that the country was now on the verge of famine.
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El Nio could bring drought and famine in west Africa, scientists warn
2015-05-21 16:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A global weather phenomenon could cause a famine in the Sahel this year by combining with already dry conditions to create a double whammy for the region, scientists and aid groups have warned. Professor Adam Scaife, a long term forecaster at the UK Met Office Hadley Centre, said models now agreed an El Nio event was likely and the first impacts may be felt as early as June. El Nio is caused by a reversal of trade winds in the Pacific that allow warm water to spread east, across the ocean....
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Aid, rain save South Sudan from famine, 2015 outlook grim: WFP
2014-09-25 12:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Emergency food aid, normal rainfall and the start of the harvest have helped to stave off famine in South Sudan, the latest analysis shows, but there is a risk of mass starvation in early 2015. Aid agencies scrambled to avert famine in South Sudan by launching the worlds largest humanitarian operation after fighting erupted in the world's youngest country in December. Some 10,000 people have died and 1.7 million, one seventh of the population, have been displaced since conflict broke out between...
From triumph to tragedy: famine could hit world's newest country by August
2014-07-08 16:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Suffering from a six month civil war, the world's youngest country could begin experiencing famine conditions in the next few weeks, according to an analysis from a group of British aid agencies. The UN has been warning for months that South Sudan-which was only established in 2011-faces a worsening food crisis in the midst of internecine fighting, yet aid has been slow in coming. Now, the Disasters Emergency Committee-a coalition of 13 well known NGOs-along with IPC Partners have announced that...
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FAO Providing Agriculture, Fishing Kits to Help Sudan's Famine Risk
2014-05-27 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudan is at a risk of famine unless humanitarian assistance is provided now, FAO Deputy Director-General for Operations Dan Gustafson told a humanitarian pledging conference for the country in Oslo.
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