World Hunger News May 13 to May 31, 2009
The articles below were published in Hunger Notes between May 13 to
May 31, 2009 and are now on the Hunger Notes front page,
www.worldhunger.org.
Africa
In Kenya camp for Somali refugees, opened 18 years ago, many people have
never left, others arrive daily
Asia
Pakistan seeks aid for 2 million displaced
500,000 refugees flee fighting
between Pakistani army and Taliban in Swat valley
India's Congress party set to
form government after electoral victory
Death of rebel leader marks end of years
of fighting in Sri Lanka
More than 1000 civilians killed' in attacks on Sri
Lanka safe zone--UN says feared bloodbath has become reality
Burmese democracy
advocate faces military trial
Latin America
Video made by Guatemalan lawyer blames his slaying on Guatemalan president
El
Salvador grapples with rising bloodshed--per capita homicide rate is 10 times US
Environment and hunger
Could food shortages bring down civilization? The biggest threat to global
stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause government
collapse.
Global
Misery hangs over Gaza despite pledges of help
United States
Video: Homeless victims of credit crunch
Little new
in Obama's immigration policy
Study says anti-union tactics are becoming more
common
Not enough Congressional votes to pass bill making it easier to join a
labor union, Obama says
It's expensive to be poor! No car, no washing machine, no
checking account and no break from fees and high prices!
Food companies try to
guarantee the safety of their products, but increasingly cannot
Opinion
Nigerian democracy--a veneer covering military rule?
Sola Odunfa BBC News
The real hunger crisis--persistent poverty in rural
Africa and South Asia Robert Paarlberg
Foreign Affairs
Tanzania's
ruling elite neglect agriculture and poor farmers Ng’wanza
Kamata University of Dar es Salaam
The global financial crisis and its effect on poor
people in the United States (shunted aside in times of
prosperity and even more during recession) Lane
Vanderslice Hunger Notes
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