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Senegal
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India exports rice to Senegal

afrol News, 28 April - President Abdoulaye of Senegal has assured his citizens that Indian authorities have agreed to supply 600,000 tonnes of rice annually to the west African country for six years. Like many countries in Africa, rice is a key staple food in Senegal.

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Surge in prices worries UN

afrol News, 8 April - A global surge in food prices has become a great concern to the United Nations, fearing that it could lead to further tensions across the world, including Africa.

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Ethiopia
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Ethiopia battles food scarcity

afrol News, 20 March - Ethiopia is again facing food scarcity that has put the lives of over eight million Ethiopians at risk, particularly those in the South-West Oromia region where 11 people died of hunger and lack of clean water.

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Mozambique
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Mozambique axes minister

afrol News, 11 December - Mozambican Minister of Agriculture, Erasmo Muhate, has been fired with immediate effect. The axing of the minister who had a 10-month stint in office was contained in a terse presidential communiqué released on Tuesday.

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Lesotho
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Big boost for Lesotho nutrition

afrol News, 18 October - A remarkable partnership has been sealed between Irish Aid and the UN children’s agency [Unicef] with the former contributing €450,000 to the latter. The money was meant to support the Lesotho government’s response to battle what is considered as the worst droughts the country had experienced in 30 years.

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» 18.10.2007 - Big boost for Lesotho nutrition
» 10.10.2007 - UN warns food disaster in Uganda
» 10.10.2007 - Ghana to reconstruct flood affected areas
» 30.08.2007 - Fact-finding humanitarian mission begins in Ogaden
» 09.08.2007 - Mozambique battles food crisis
» 01.08.2007 - $118m needed for Zimbabwe food crisis
» 25.07.2007 - Malawi: Food insecurity rings bell
» 24.07.2007 - Food crisis looms over Benin schools
» 09.07.2007 - Zimbabwe crack down on price hikers
» 06.07.2007 - Zimbabwe confronts food crisis
» 05.05.2006 - Famine warning issued in Guinea-Bissau
» 05.04.2006 - Niger government blocks reporting on hunger
» 24.03.2006 - Almost 2 million Ethiopians need food aid
» 06.03.2006 - Kenya drought may soon "lead to disaster"
» 08.02.2006 - Kenyans flock to donate for famine relief
» 02.02.2006 - Southern African harvest "good but not sufficient"
» 13.09.2005 - Niger aid doesn't reach famine victims
» 27.07.2005 - Emergency food airlift to Niger launched
» 12.07.2005 - Niger food crisis deepens
» 16.06.2005 - Donors shy away Eritrea despite famine
» 10.05.2005 - Drought alert issued for much of the Sahel
» 26.04.2005 - "2 million Kenyans at risk of starvation"
» 18.01.2005 - 2.3 million Eritreans need food aid
» 14.01.2005 - Famine warning from northern Burundi
» 20.12.2004 - Mauritania could face food crisis in 2005
» 06.12.2004 - "Eritrea will need food aid well into 2005"
» 26.10.2004 - "One in five children in Darfur malnourished"
» 13.10.2004 - Growing concerns over Eritrea drought, famine
» 21.09.2004 - Locusts trigger Mauritania famine concerns
» 23.08.2004 - Hunger alert after poor rains in Ethiopia
» 10.08.2004 - Kenya urgently needs US$ 100 million food aid
» 15.07.2004 - Liberia threatened with famine
» 04.05.2004 - "Sudan needs to cooperate to avoid Darfur famine"
» 27.02.2004 - UN warns of "starvation" in Somaliland
» 20.02.2004 - Swaziland declares national disaster
» 17.02.2004 - Humanitarian crisis in Somaliland's Togdheer region
» 11.02.2004 - In Lesotho, "the land is blowing away"
» 06.02.2004 - Humanitarian crisis in Lesotho grows
» 22.12.2003 - Food aid reaches Somalilanders
» 14.11.2003 - Deyr rainfall fails in Somalia, Somaliland
» 13.11.2003 - Central African Republic faces food crisis
» 04.11.2003 - Millions in southern African "face severe hunger"
» 10.09.2003 - Eritrean rains give hope
» 19.07.2003 - Eritrean food crisis "critical but stable"
» 08.07.2003 - IMF praises Ethiopian action against drought
» 28.05.2003 - 12.5 million Ethiopians may face starvation
» 22.05.2003 - Eritrean hunger worsens despite aid
» 21.05.2003 - Ethiopian food crisis worsens

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