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WFP food monitor killed in S Somalia (People's Daily)
The UN World Food Program (WFP) said Tuesday that Somali gunmen have killed one of the agency's staff members in the south of the Horn of African nation. WFP said in a statement issued in Nairobi that three masked gunmen shot and killed 44-year-old Somali national Ibrahim Hussein Duale on Tuesday while he was monitoring school feeding in a WFP-supported school in Yubsan village, 6 km from the ...
LESOTHO: Feeling the pinch of soaring food prices (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN Urban families in Lesotho, a small landlocked southern African country, are struggling to cope with rising food prices, according to a recent survey.
The African Diaspora Inaugural Ball: Doing Good While Celebrating Change (African Diaspora For Change) (AllAfrica.com)
On Sunday, January 18th 2009, the brand new Harman Center for the Arts in downtown Washington, DC will be filled with VIP's and celebrities from all walks of life, exquisite food, and live entertainment by some of the African Diaspora's brightest stars including: Grammy-nominated artists, Les Nubians; a special guest appearance by Grammy Award-winning artist, Angelique Kidjo; Belo, Haitian ...
Interview: Domingos Afonso Ndedica, World Food Programme, Angola (Blogcritics.org)
The Government of Angola is now budgeting for a countrywide school feeding program. Angola is recovering from a 27-year-long civil war that ended in 2002. Twenty-eight percent of this African nation's population is living in extreme poverty. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reports that "many communities have little or no access to basic social services." Initiatives to fight ...
The African Diaspora Inaugural Ball: Doing Good While Celebrating Change (AllAfrica.com)
Washington, D.C. — On Sunday, January 18th 2009, the brand new Harman Center for the Arts in downtown Washington, DC will be filled with VIP's and celebrities from all walks of life, exquisite food, and live entertainment by some of the African Diaspora's brightest stars including: Grammy-nominated artists, Les Nubians; a special guest appearance by Grammy Award-winning artist, Angelique Kidjo; ...
'Diva' has new African-American cookbook (The Wilmington Star-News)
Austin, Texas | Angela Shelf Medearis sees big changes in African-American cuisine over the last decade or so.
SUDAN: The land is fertile yet food is scarce (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN Southern Kordofan state used to produce surplus food and cash crops, but poor infrastructure, limited access to markets, conflict and landmines have left large numbers of residents without enough to eat or sell.
Caterpillars: dish of choice for Central Africans (AFP via Yahoo! News)
For Yves, a 30-something Central African, there is no contest, be they grilled, dried, served in sauce or baked in aluminium foil. "Caterpillar is better than meat," he said.
South African storm death toll rises to 18 (People's Daily)
At least 18 people have been confirmed dead in a "monstrous" storm that lashed South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province at the weekend, the South African social development department said on Tuesday. The department spokesman Lennox Mabaso said five people were struck by lightning, four were washed away in a car in Durban's Kwa-Mashu area, one was washed away in Inchanga. Another three were killed ...
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-06 05:43 South African Markets - Factors to watch on Jan 6 (Interactive Investor)
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect South African markets on Tuesday.
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