Famine creeps in on Africa while the world's media looks elsewhere: A UN helicopter flies over people waiting for food aid in South Sudan. Reuters/Siegfried ModolaMajor political events in the US and Europe have preoccupied western media over the past year. Chief among these has been Donald Trump’s rise to US president and his continuing efforts to establish a credible … [Read more...] about Famine creeps in on Africa while the world’s media looks elsewhere | The Conversation
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Priti Patel urges end to conflict and man-made famine in South Sudan
APO News from Africa: Priti Patel urges end to conflict and man-made famine in South Sudan: This follows an official declaration of famine in some parts of South Sudan in February, in areas which have seen some of the most intense fighting between Government and opposition forces and restrictions on access for humanitarian organisations. With 100,000 people in Unity state at … [Read more...] about Priti Patel urges end to conflict and man-made famine in South Sudan
Amid conflict and looming famine in South Sudan, the church offers hope
APO News from Africa: Amid conflict and looming famine in South Sudan, the church offers hope: For the general overseer of the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) there is trauma and hopelessness in his country, and the only institution that can offer hope at the moment is the church. Rev. Dr Isaiah Majok Dau is also presiding bishop of the Sudan Pentecostal Church, … [Read more...] about Amid conflict and looming famine in South Sudan, the church offers hope
As famine looms, malnutrition and disease rise sharply among children in Somalia
APO News from Africa: As famine looms, malnutrition and disease rise sharply among children in Somalia: As the spectre of famine hangs once again over Somalia, early numbers show an increasing number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and cholera or acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) — a combination that killed many children in the famine of 2011. … [Read more...] about As famine looms, malnutrition and disease rise sharply among children in Somalia
Famine risk, Alfano: “Emergency assistance from Italy for Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen”
APO News from Africa: Famine risk, Alfano: "Emergency assistance from Italy for Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen": "Responding to the appeal made by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, we have arranged, through Italian Cooperation, a package of humanitarian aid worth 10 million euros in response to the very serious food crisis that is … [Read more...] about Famine risk, Alfano: “Emergency assistance from Italy for Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen”
