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Mothers forced to abandon children on ‘roads of death’

EMERGENCY food centres in drought-stricken eastern Africa are overwhelmed by thousands of starving people every day and mothers are forced to abandon their dead or dying children by the roadside, aid officials said.

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Call for global effort on Somalia famine relief

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Fears famine will spread outside Somalia

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Somalia suffering worst famine in 20 years

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World leaders hold Haiti disaster talks

Farmers asked to back €1bn plan

Mitchell: Use Euro farm cash windfall to feed hungry

Windfall profits from Europe’s farm budget should be used to help the world’s needy, a conference in Brussels was told today.

Wed, 10 Sep, 2008

Feeding the world - We must do more than we are doing

ON A fine summer’s morning it is hard to imagine that more than 1,000 people die every hour of every day from hunger-related causes.

Thu, 15 May, 2008

Darfur food aid cut by half

The UN is halving emergency food supplies for up to three million people in Darfur because of attacks on its lorries.

Thu, 17 Apr, 2008

UN condemns arrest of Somali official

A United Nations food aid agency official has been arrested after dozens of armed security agents stormed a UN compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

Fri, 19 Oct, 2007