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Kenya
Maasais' good health surprises scientists

afrol News, 20 May - The nomadic Maasai people of Kenya are known for their limited diet of mostly milk and blood, which nutritionists expected would result in a poor health situation. The opposite proved true.
Cameroon
"Overweight girls, undernourished boys" in Cameroon

afrol News, 12 February - A new study, the first of its kind in Cameroon, reveals how new nutritional trends in Central Africa are causing problems of both over- and undernourished school children.
Niger
International aid appeal launched for Niger

afrol News, 11 February - The United Nations and its non-governmental organisation (NGO) partners have appealed for international aid to help the impoverished West African country of Niger overcome imminent shortages of food. Some 7.8 million people in Niger - or three fifths of the population – are said to be facing moderate to severe food insecurity.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia makes international food aid appeal

afrol News, 4 February - Ethiopia has declared an emergency making an international plea for aid to feed 5.2 million people this year.
Senegal | World
Experts on black-eyed peas to meet in Dakar

afrol News, 26 January - Experts from around the world are expected to present the state of the art in cowpea research, building upon technological advances to move the science of cowpea forward, with the ultimate aim of identifying myriads of opportunities for cowpea growers to gain higher incomes, greater food security, and lead healthier lives.
Central Africa | West Africa
Maize research splendid investment for Africa

afrol News, 3 November - A new book looking at the history and effect on maize research in West and Central Africa reveals it is among the best spent funds to achieve poverty reduction. Every million US$ spent on maize research had lifted 35,000 Africans out of poverty, it claims.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia needs urgent food aid

afrol News, 22 October - Ethiopia has appealed for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people following five year drought that has ravaged poor communities in the Horn of Africa.
Horn of Africa | Kenya
WFP appeals for urgent assistance for Kenya

afrol News, 25 August - The World Food Programme (WFP) has today appealed for more than US$230 million to provide emergency food assistance over the next six months to 3.8 million Kenyans affected by deepening drought and continued high food prices.
Africa | Southern Africa
Fish killing fungus could spread to other part of Africa – FAO

afrol News, 22 July - The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation has warned that the disease killing fish in Africa’s Zambezi River basin and already devastating lives of thousands could spread to other parts of the continent.
Africa
Hotter Africa states may lose maize by 2050

afrol News / SciDev.Net, 9 July - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report has revealed that six of Africa’s regions will be unable to grow maize by 2050 as growing seasons get hotter that normal even if the carbon emissions are dramatically reduced.
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» 18.06.2009 - Agriculture still first against global downturn
» 17.06.2009 - UN probes stolen aid in Somalia
» 15.06.2009 - 40 killed in weekend clashes in South Sudan
» 11.06.2009 - Economic meltdown threatens progress in fight against hunger
» 08.06.2009 - Local farmers sign US grant deals
» 19.05.2009 - EU awards €54 million to Horn of Africa
» 12.05.2009 - Global agencies call for more investment in life-saving vitamins and minerals
» 08.05.2009 - UNICEF warns Horn of Africa’s children at risk from triple threat
» 26.03.2009 - Senegal gets $3.7 million for food security
» 25.03.2009 - Over a million will go without food rations by May - UN says
» 19.03.2009 - WFP to scale up aid in Kenya
» 18.03.2009 - UN send mission to assess Sahrawi refugees situation
» 16.02.2009 - WFP launches first food voucher programme in Africa
» 01.12.2008 - Global crisis presents a double threat to the poor, report says
» 01.12.2008 - Milk products in Tanzania declared safe
» 17.11.2008 - African symposium focus on women's role in agriculture
» 23.10.2008 - Somali's internal refugees increased
» 22.10.2008 - Somali children given first priority in crisis food distribution
» 13.10.2008 - Confusing and competing figures could starve Ethiopians
» 09.10.2008 - Major food appeal for Zimbabwe flighted
» 26.09.2008 - Burkina Faso bans all Chinese dairy products
» 25.09.2008 - WFP welcomes private sector partnership to feed world's poor children
» 23.09.2008 - UK announces £42 million for Horn of Africa
» 17.09.2008 - Red Cross resumes aid distribution in Zim
» 12.09.2008 - Aid appeal launched for Ethiopia
» 29.07.2008 - Increasing child malnutrition in Mauritania
» 22.07.2008 - Ethiopia needs urgent funding to avert severe food crisis
» 08.07.2008 - Ethiopia secures £20 million to curb food crisis
» 27.06.2008 - More funds for Cape Verde's rural poor
» 13.06.2008 - Seeds distributed in Mauritania to meet food crisis
» 10.06.2008 - 2 million Malawi children targeted for vitamin 'A' supplement
» 04.06.2008 - Africa assured food security
» 15.04.2008 - Food crisis concerns World Bank President
» 19.10.2007 - Malnutrition, cholera bite DRC's war-ravaged community
» 18.10.2007 - Big boost for Lesotho nutrition
» 18.10.2007 - Big boost for Lesotho nutrition
» 22.08.2007 - Boom for Malawian HIV-affected fish farmers
» 04.01.2007 - 55% of Swazi women are overweight
» 15.11.2006 - Guinea-Bissau's cashew crops rot as prices plummet
» 03.02.2006 - "Dog food" offer for hungry children insults Kenya
» 21.04.2005 - Child malnutrition growing in Niger
» 08.11.2004 - Edible insects "rediscovered" in Central Africa
» 06.10.2004 - Fast food causing obesity and diabetes in Swaziland

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