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  • Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials 25 Nov 2009 21:41 GMT
    ... coping with piracy off the coast of Africa: Spain's government undermined efforts to fight piracy ... of Africa. Until the pirates of lawless Somalia come to understand that they will get a ... among them, must recognize that opening domestic agricultural markets is in their own best interest ...

  • U.S.$8.8 Billion the Magic Malnutrition Number? 25 Nov 2009 20:31 GMT
    ... Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Sudan and Vietnam. Political leaders have ... and Vietnam. Political leaders have focused on agriculture and food security at the expense of ... same goal, Rees told IRIN. UNICEF West Africa spokesperson Martin Dawes said UN agencies, NGOs, donors ...

  • WFP told to buy local agricultural produce 25 Nov 2009 18:30 GMT
    ... WFP told to buy local agricultural produce Somalia’s Islamists insurgents, al Shabaab have ordered the ... (WFP) to stop importing goods into the Horn of Africa state. According to the statement issued by ...

  • Will Africa's farmland become a 'resource curse'? 25 Nov 2009 17:57 GMT
    ... to buy up or lease farmland in Africa. One thing that strikes me is the ... hear relatively little about the continent's vast agricultural assets—which wealthy investors are now busily snapping ... east across Africa all the way to Ethiopia, and southward to Congo and Angola. “The World ...

  • `Aapka Swagat Hai', Obama tells PM 25 Nov 2009 15:57 GMT
    ... the glass ceiling to become the first African-American president of the US. "In the end, ... an American citizen who was born in Ethiopia, reared in Sweden and cooks up melting pots ... Initiative. They looked forward to increasing India-US agricultural cooperation with the purpose of promoting agricultural ...

  • Egypt's Citadel food unit Gozour expands into Sudan 25 Nov 2009 14:50 GMT
    ... its investments in Middle East and East African countries, especially those with big domestic markets ... domestic markets such as Algeria, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya. Citadel's consumer foods business Gozour has ... country holds significant potential as both an agricultural producer and as a new export market ...

  • Are children's futures going up in smoke? 25 Nov 2009 14:23 GMT
    ... 160,000 child deaths a year in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia directly resulting from climate change, ... tornados will destroy miles upon miles of agriculture, citys and the lives of millions of ... the day when what's considered equitable in Somalia will be agreed upon in Seattle, Surrey, or ...

  • Stop WFP imports - Somali rebels 25 Nov 2009 14:23 GMT
    ... harvest season, has been devastating to the agriculture industry in Somalia," the statement said. "It has been decided that ... collapsed. The transitional government, helped by an African Union peacekeeping force, runs only parts of ...

  • White House Veggies, anyone? 25 Nov 2009 13:30 GMT
    ... attacked the then senator for speaking to farmers about arugula. In a nod to Singh, ... also pays tribute to both Indian and African-American cuisine, was roasted potato dumplings with tomato ... is Marcus Samuellson, who was born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden and lives in New York ...

  • Al Shabab bans WFP 25 Nov 2009 12:15 GMT
    ... must immediately stop importing relief rations to Somalia, hardline rebels said on Wednesday, accusing the ... the group is al-Qaeda's proxy in the Horn of Africa nation. WFP is a major player in ...

  • Somali rebels order WFP to halt relief food imports 25 Nov 2009 11:13 GMT
    ... must immediately stop importing relief rations to Somalia, hardline rebels said on Wednesday, accusing the ... group is al Qaeda's proxy in the Horn of Africa nation. WFP is a major player in ...

  • $8.8 billion the magic malnutrition number? 25 Nov 2009 10:30 GMT
    ... Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Sudan and Vietnam. Political leaders have ... and Vietnam. Political leaders have focused on agriculture and food security at the expense of ... same goal, Rees told IRIN. UNICEF West Africa spokesperson Martin Dawes said UN agencies, NGOs, donors ...

  • When Big Brother turns bad 25 Nov 2009 08:37 GMT
    ... mental breakdown - all on camera. Facing financial ruin, he retreated to an apple farm in upstate New York before heading to Ethiopia, where he now runs the broadcast company African Entertainment Network. As the film begins to show at selected cinemas in the UK, ...

  • Financial crisis impact not to be overlooked in Africa 25 Nov 2009 07:31 GMT
    ... detrimental or harmful to low-income countries, and African economy has become the focus of attention. ... African Economic Conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in mid November, participting experts are unanimous in ... varying extent, the energy, tourism, manufacture and agricultural sectors. Overall, the global financial crisis has ...

  • White House veggies for Obama's big night 25 Nov 2009 07:11 GMT
    ... attacked the then senator for speaking to farmers about arugula. In a nod to Singh, ... also pays tribute to both Indian and African-American cuisine, was roasted potato dumplings with tomato ... is Marcus Samuellson, who was born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden and lives in New York ...

  • Food security is ultimately defined at the household level 25 Nov 2009 01:56 GMT
    ... 2009 10:54 AM, By Daryll E. Ray, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, ... what has happened recently in the Southern African country of Malawi. After the government began ... behind local crop production and rotation practices. Ethiopia’s situation is a compelling example of the ...

  • Will Africa's farmland become a "resource curse"? 25 Nov 2009 01:33 GMT
    ... to buy up or lease farmland in Africa. One thing that strikes me is the ... hear relatively little about the continent's vast agricultural assets—which wealthy investors are now busily snapping ... east across Africa all the way to Ethiopia, and southward to Congo and Angola. “The World ...

  • White House veggies at first Obama dinner 25 Nov 2009 01:30 GMT
    ... also pays tribute to both Indian and African-American cuisine, will be roasted potato dumplings with ... is Marcus Samuellson, who was born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden and lives in New York ... attacked then senator Obama for speaking to farmers about the price of arugula in an ...

  • Sole Mates: Looking for 'Profit with a Purpose' from Socially Conscious Footwear Customers 24 Nov 2009 22:16 GMT
    ... international company that sells shoes made in Africa has confronted Tal Dehtiar with a series of ... guaranteeing factory workers a fair wage, paying farmers above market price for raw materials and ... then ship the rubber in sheets to Ethiopia, where workers in factories would cut it into ...

  • Ashcroft and Afghanistan feature in foreign affairs debate 24 Nov 2009 19:32 GMT
    ... will also have moved on to Yemen, Somalia and the Sahel-that huge ungoverned space that stretches ... huge ungoverned space that stretches across northern Africa. "Others will have integrated themselves in cities ... were destroyed; 60 per cent of the agricultural land was rendered useless. Some 17 per ...

  • AfDB grants $2 mln to Somalia 24 Nov 2009 15:31 GMT
    ... The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted two million ... has granted two million U.S. dollars to Somalia to provide financial and technical assistance to Public ... percent of Somalia's economy is based on agriculture. Somalia is a fragile state with hundreds ...

  • Reflections on the Obama generation 24 Nov 2009 12:34 GMT
    ... Canada, most of Europe and even South Africa offers, i.e. free public health care services. ... countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Horn of Africa, the Philippines and beyond, with various "hot-wars", ... international prosperity. Contentious issues such as American farming subsidies are not even close to the ...

  • Gozour makes first regional acquisition in Sudan 24 Nov 2009 12:10 GMT
    ... equity firm in the Middle East and Africa with $8.3bn in investments under control, acquired REM ... country holds significant potential as both an agricultural producer and as a new export market ... expansion in select regional markets, including Algeria, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya. ...

  • Saudi livestock move boosts Somaliland economy 24 Nov 2009 06:54 GMT
    ... a nine-year ban on livestock imports from Somalia, the market in Hargeisa, Somaliland, has seen ... of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in the Horn of Africa region. RVF is an acute viral infectious ...

  • In demand: Ethiopia's farmlands (Yesterday) 24 Nov 2009 06:51 GMT
    ... Warmest hospitality." This impoverished and chronically food-insecure Horn of Africa nation is rapidly becoming one of the ... grim, calculation. As one Saudi-backed businessman in Ethiopia put it, "The population of the world ...


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