http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/africa drought Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 17 May 2012 03:54:31 +0200 International donors say they won't allow a repeat of last year's Horn of Africa famine and are gearing up to spend billions of dollars on programs to help communities withstand cyclical droughts. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/39bn-to-prevent-East-Africa-famines-20120405 Up to 1.5 million children under 5 living in Africa’s Sahel region risk severe malnutrition if famine warnings are ignored, the UN says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/15m-kids-face-Sahel-hunger-disaster-20120316 Top United Nations officials say 10 million people need help amid a food crisis in West Africa's Sahel region. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/W-Africa-faces-hunger-crisis-20120219 United Nations and European Union aid chiefs have called for "urgent" assistance for West Africa's drought-hit Sahel region, saying it needed $725m this year. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/UN-aid-chiefs-call-for-725m-in-Sahel-20120215 A food crisis in Mauritania as a result of drought is expected to be three times worse than in 2010, when the Sahel was crippled by food shortages, WFP says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Food-crisis-in-Mauritania-amid-drought-20120209 Thousands of people in East Africa died needlessly because the international community failed to respond to early warnings of famine, Oxfam and Save the Children say. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Slow-response-to-Africa-famine-cost-lives-20120118 Rainfall patterns in southern Africa are becoming erratic as climate change takes its toll, threatening long-term production of staple and cash crops in the region. http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Erratic-rains-threaten-food-output-20111124 Four months after the UN declared famine in much of Somalia, some regions are beginning a slow recovery from the disaster, but many Somalis are afraid to return home. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Somali-famine-victims-afraid-to-return-home-20111123 Hunger and drought is receding in Somalia, but 250 000 people remain on the verge of "imminent starvation", the UN says in a new assessment. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/250-000-face-starvation-in-Somalia-20111118 The United Nations says the number of famine refugees flowing into Kenya slowed to a trickle after Kenyan troops moved into Somalia. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Kenyan-military-action-slows-refugee-flow-20111026 US Vice President Joe Biden has sharply criticised the Islamist Shabaab rebels over Somalia’s famine, saying that the group has hindered efforts to bring food to the hungry. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/US-slams-Somali-guerrillas-over-famine-20111025 The US is increasing food aid to drought-hit and strife-torn Horn of Africa nations where millions of people are at risk of starvation and malnutrition, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/US-increases-food-aid-to-Horn-of-Africa-20111025 The UN has temporarily suspended all non-lifesaving operations in the world’s biggest refugee camp following the kidnapping of two Spanish aid workers near the Kenya-Somalia border. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Aid-work-curtailed-at-Kenyan-camp-20111014 Pope Benedict XVI has urged the international community to offer concrete aid for the drought and famine-struck Horn of Africa region, where more than 13 million need aid. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/E-Africa-drought-Pope-urges-concrete-aid-20111005 The UN says renewed clashes between opposing armed groups in Somalia are exacerbating the already severe humanitarian situation in that country. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/UN-worries-over-renewed-Somali-clashes-20111004 The US is using a controversial money-transfer system to deliver aid directly to Somali famine victims and keep it out of the hands of militants. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/US-keeps-aid-out-of-Somali-rebels-hands-20110922 International donors are spending nearly half a billion dollars to feed starving Kenyans, even after tens of millions of dollars went missing in a string of corruption scandals within the country. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Donors-spend-millions-on-starving-Kenyans-20110908 A Somali soldier has killed five people and wounded three others in the famine-struck Somali capital, as starving women and children gathered for food aid handouts, witnesses say. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Somalia-5-killed-during-food-aid-handout-20110908 Three-quarters of a million people are facing death by starvation in Somalia, the UN says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/750-000-facing-death-in-Somalia-UN-20110905 Famine spread to a sixth southern Somalia region and will likely extend further in the coming four months with 750 000 people at risk of death, the UN says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Famine-declared-in-new-Somali-region-20110905