Africa famine

• WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say the famine in Somalia has eased but 13.3 million people across the Horn of Africa still need emergency food, shelter or other aid.
(msnbc.com)
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(Ecorazzi.com)
• Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Nearly US$ 50 million was raised by the African Union (AU) to assist the countries in the Horn of Africa, threatened by famine, the AU Commissioner for the rural economy and agriculture, Mrs.
(Reliefweb.int)
• Natural sciences can predict certain things quite well once they have established particular natural laws. But political and social sciences are notoriously bad at it. This is not surprising.
(The Guardian)
• Presidents, prime ministers and senior government officials pledged the funds in August in a delayed response to the hunger crisis that threatened more than 12 million Kenyans, Somalis and Ethiopians with starvation.
(Daily Telegraph)
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(Huffington Post)
• A hesitant response by the international community likely led to thousands of unnecessary deaths in last years famine in East Africa finds a new report released by Oxfam and Save the Children.
(News.Mongabay)
• NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali insurgents have shut down food aid distribution by a major aid group because they say the organization is distributing spoiled food in the famine-hit south.
(Washington Post)