Famine & Starvation Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

Glencore was the World Food Programme's most viable option | Felicity Lawrence | Global development
www.guardian.co.uk | Feb 7, 2012
Felicity Lawrence: When the WFP has to get food aid into a famine-stricken region fast, it is the big grain traders who deliver

Michael Zacka: Global Family Day: Focusing on World Hunger
www.huffingtonpost.com | Dec 29, 2011
World hunger is the focus on Global Family Day. Solutions come from Howard Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway's new steward of corporate culture.

Feast From Famine: Managing Multiple Job Offers | Glassdoor Blog
www.glassdoor.com | Nov 3, 2011
For whatever reason, often times when it rains, it pours. Job offers seem to come in bunches. Maybe it’s coincidence, maybe it’s some sort of cosmic gag. Whatever the cause, it’s an awkward situation: what do you do when you’ve got too many jobs to choose from?

Three months of famine in southern Somalia | World News Blog
blogs.channel4.com | Oct 21, 2011
The death of one of the world's worst tyrants on Thursday made it impossible for me to report that we are now three months on since the UN declared a famine in southern Somalia, writes Jonathan Rugman. The death of one of the world's worst tyrants on Thursday made it impossible for me to report

North Koreans find private food relief - The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com | Oct 14, 2011
Burgeoning underground farming in kitchen gardens, mountain allotments likened to ‘grassroots revival of a capitalist, market economy’

Low-key projects keep Horn of Africa famine at bay
www.newscientist.com | Oct 10, 2011
Check out a banned video and discover how small projects can make a big difference to Africa's food shortages

Africa famine: Starving children and families to be given 100 tonnes of food - mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk | Sep 1, 2011
Starving children and families in one of east Africa's worst hit regions are to be provided with 100 tonnes of food after two charities joined forces to step up their emergency response plan

Using Social Media for to Help Somalia Famine Crisis - SocialTimes.com
socialtimes.com | Aug 15, 2011
United Nations sanctioned the famine crisis on July 20th: world’s ‘worst humanitarian disaster.’ The Guardian reports, “Africa's leaders have been criticized for their slow response to drought warnings, but private donations win praise.”

Somalis’ fear exposes politics behind famine - FT.com
www.ft.com | Aug 3, 2011
The first time Amina Abukar tried to escape drought in Somalia, extremist militants linked to al-Qaeda turned her back by force. “They told me you cannot leave here, you die in your land,” she says, standing beside a makeshift home of bent sticks

Somalia Militants Bedevil Famine-Relief Efforts - WSJ.com
online.wsj.com | Jul 28, 2011
An African Union offensive against al Shabaab Islamist militants in Mogadishu is the newest sign that famine in parts of east Africa is becoming the area's worst humanitarian crisis in a generation.