First Famine of the 21st century a Wake-up Call
ibtimes The United Nations has officially declared Somalia’s food crisis a famine in several parts of the country. A boy drinks water from a pond in Bule Duba village in the outskirts of Moyale, near...
View ArticleHorn of Africa drought seen from space
physorg Enlarge The animation, derived from SMOS satellite data, shows soil moisture in the Horn of Africa from April to mid-July 2011. The orange and yellow colouring depicts little to no moisture,...
View ArticleOP-ED Expanding Deserts, Falling Water Tables and Toxins Driving People from...
ipsnews.net Saharan dust blowing off west coast of Africa, over the Canary Islands, Nov. 11, 2006. Image credit:NASA WASHINGTON, Aug 23, 2011 (IPS) – People do not normally leave their homes, their...
View ArticleStudy: High Food Prices Driving Unrest
sott Stephen Pincock abc.net.au © Barry Malone/Reuters The researchers point to two main factors driving the increase in food prices The waves of social unrest and political instability seen recently...
View ArticleMosquitoes ‘disappearing’ in some parts of Africa
bbc Mosquitoes are now a rare sight in some parts of Africa Malaria-carrying mosquitoes are disappearing in some parts of Africa, but scientists are unsure as to why. Figures indicate controls such as...
View ArticleChina’s Love Of Africa
vanguardngr.com THE $200 million new headquarters of the African Union – a gift from China – is another confirmation of the continent’s inability to get things done by itself. Almost 50 years after the...
View ArticleWorld Hunger Dilemma Spreads Without Solution
dailyfinance A new report from the World Bank states what has been obvious for months: food prices have spiked so high that the costs represent a threat to the ability of many people to feed...
View ArticleAfrican Nations Surge Up Ranks of World’s Worst Christian Persecutors
christianitytoday.com Only two days ago, a suicide bomber crashed a jeep laden with explosives into a packed Catholic church in Kaduna, northern Nigeria, killing at least eight people and injuring more...
View ArticleGlobal increase in record-breaking monthly-mean temperatures
springer.com legalbrief The last decade has produced record-breaking heat waves in many parts of the world. At the same time, it was globally the warmest since sufficient measurements started in the...
View ArticleGovernments falling short in drought fight: UN
france24.com Animal footprints are visible in dry and cracked mud on the bank of the half-full Bewl water reservoir in Kent on April 5, 2012. Governments worldwide are failing to do enough to tackle...
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