Food crisis 'runs across Africa'
A report today by the BBC says with attention on food shortages in Niger, aid agencies say a vast hunger belt is stretching across Africa.
People across Africa are affected, from Niger in central Africa to Somalia on the Indian Ocean seaboard.
Latest reports from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network say over 20m people are at risk from food shortages.
The Famine Early Warning network, made up of a variety of aid agencies including the aid arm of the US government, USAid, says no fewer than seven African states are facing food emergencies.
These are mostly on the fringes of the Sahara desert and stretch from Niger, through Chad and Sudan, to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia.
Tags: Niger famine food crisis Africa drought
People across Africa are affected, from Niger in central Africa to Somalia on the Indian Ocean seaboard.
Latest reports from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network say over 20m people are at risk from food shortages.
The Famine Early Warning network, made up of a variety of aid agencies including the aid arm of the US government, USAid, says no fewer than seven African states are facing food emergencies.
These are mostly on the fringes of the Sahara desert and stretch from Niger, through Chad and Sudan, to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia.
Tags: Niger famine food crisis Africa drought
posted by Ingrid J. Jones at Wednesday, August 10, 2005
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