TeleSur | – – “This really is an absolutely critical situation that is rapidly unfolding across a large swathe of Africa from west to east.” The risk of mass starvation in four countries — northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen — is rising rapidly due to drought and conflict, the U.N. refugee agency said […]
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Food Security
When it comes to Climate Change, you are what you Eat
By Sarantis Michalopoulos | ( EURACTIV.com) | – – Governments are “trapped” by lobbyists, and it’s hard to fight climate change. But if young people are mobilised and turn to healthy lifestyles, there is hope, according to scientists. EURACTIV.com reports from Lyon.> Speaking at the Biovision 2017- The World Life Sciences Forum in Lyon, environmentalists […]
In Shadow of Mideast Wars, Massive Spike in Hunger and Malnutrition
By IPS World Desk | (Inter Press Service) | – – Food security and nutrition levels in the Near East and North Africa have sharply deteriorated over the last five years, undermining the steady improvement achieved before 2010 when the prevalence of undernourishment, stunting, anaemia and poverty were decreasing, a new UN report warns. According […]
Saudi-led war in Yemen provokes Humanitarian Crisis, 1.2 mn. displaced
By Kitty Stapp | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Doctors Without Borders . . . is warning that the violence in Yemen “has radically increased” since March, with the humanitarian group seeing mass casualties from bombings and thousands of severely injured. “Especially in Aden, the situation has been extremely difficult, […]
“The Gaza Kitchen: Cuisine, Resistance, and Remembrance in Palestine” with Laila El-Haddad
By JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary Cooking and conflict? It’s a different approach, but it works, and these blended themes still resonate five years after she and co-author Maggie Schmitt first began to research their unique cookbook. Leila Haddad on right When they first came up with the idea for the book in 2009 — […]
Yemen conflict fans food insecurity
By Peter Salisbury and Louise Redvers | (IRIN) – AMMAN / DUBAI (IRIN) – The conflict in Yemen is worsening the country’s food insecurity, according to a new report, which predicts that the parts of Arab state may enter an emergency phase by the end of the year. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) […]