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Women and children in front of burned houses in Baga, Nigeria, after as many as 200 civilians were killed in an assault that survivors blamed on soldiers. Photo: Agence France-Presse — Getty Images  

Massacre in Nigeria spurs outcry over military tactics Adam Nossiter New York Times April 29, 2013

2010-2012 Somalia famine 'killed 260,000 people' BBC News May 2, 2013

Pentagon deploys small number of troops to war-torn Mali Craig Whitlock Washington Post April 30, 2013

Donald R. Hopkins: Guinea Worm Slayer: Dr. Donald R. Hopkins reflects on how the prejudice he experienced growing up in the American South helped him communicate with the rural villages most affected by Guinea worm disease. Photo: New York Times

Another scourge in his sights: guinea worm Donald G McNeil Jr New York Times April 22, 2013 See more nutrition and health stories

President is said to flee as rebels seize capital of the the Central African Republic Adam Nossiter New York Times March 24, 2013

Rosalie Rabodozafy stands in her family’s flourishing rice field. Sambiana, her village, was selectied as one of 14 Millennium Villages, where it was hoped that that a large injection of public investment and foreign aid could boost household incomes, improving savings and local investment.  Now the foreign aid is coming to an end.  Photo: Andreea Câmpeanu/IRIN

Madagascar's Millennium Village goes it alone IRIN News March 22, 2013

Arrests, intimidation and no new Zimbabwe Nyarai Mudimu  Inter Press Service March 21, 2013  

Drone base in Niger gives US a strategic foothold in West Africa Craig Whitlock Washington Post March 21, 2013 At Pentagon, ‘pivot to Asia’ becomes ‘shift to Africa’ Craig Whitlock Washington Post March 14, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on foreign aid

Kickbacks, graft and tax evasion found sapping billions from Africa Patrick McGroarty Wall Street Journal March 12, 2013

In Africa, corruption dirties the water Kenneth Odiwuor IRIN News March 14, 2013

Supporting agricultural in ecologically fragile zones is key to people having enough income, thereby reducing the need for humanitarian aid. Photo: Anna Jefferys/IRIN

The annual large request for humanitarian assistance in the Sahel is a clear sign that development there is not working IRIN News March 4, 2013  Understanding resilience Jaspreet Kindra IRIN News March 4, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on  foreign assistance 

John Kerry releases $250m in US aid to Egypt as reward for political reforms. Aid package is first part of US and IMF assistance meant to encourage Egyptian government's commitment to democracy  Associated Press The Guardian March 3, 2013 Under Egypt's political unrest seethes the rising anger of the poor. Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood often seem to be without answers on the battered economy, and analysts wonder whether a new revolution will rise from the slums. Jeffrey Fleishman Los Angeles Times February 2, 2013

Farm workers remove weeds from young plants at the palm oil plantation owned by Karuturi Global, near the town of Bako, in Ethiopia. Photograph: Jose Cendon/Getty Images

Indian investors are forcing Ethiopians off their land. Thousands of Ethiopians are being relocated or have already fled as their land is sold off to foreign investors without their consent. John Vidal The Guardian February 6, 2013 See report See Hunger Notes special report on trade and hunger

Militant threats test role of a US command in Africa Eric Schmitt New York Times February 11, 2013  US will establish base for drones in North Africa Eric Schmitt New York Times January 28, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on foreign assistance

Corruption feeds on Zimbabwe's poor IRIN News February 1, 2013  

 Clearing a rainforest in Cameroon for palm oil plantation. Opponents say the costs outweigh benefits.  Photo: Courtesy David Hoyle/WWF

Cameroon: Campaigners oppose industrial palm oil plantations  IRIN News December 14, 2012 Curbing Tanzania's land-grabbing race Orton Kiishweko Inter Press Service December 19, 2012 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger 

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