A large majority of people in Swaziland go to bed hungry and blame their government for failing to address their food needs, according to findings from the first formal survey to determine how Swazis view their standard of living.
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North Korea: Malnutrition persists
The World Food Program said Thursday that North Korea’s food production had increased for the third year in a row but that mothers and children still lacked sufficient vitamins, fat and protein in their diets. The agency’s representative in North Korea, Dierk Stegen, said that many children remained stunted because of those deficiencies. Mr. Stegen said that the government had focused on producing cereals, but that it needed a more diverse food supply. He said that about 80 percent of North Korean households lacked the essential amount of vitamins, minerals, fats and proteins in their diets. He said staple food production in 2013 had increased about 5 percent compared with last year, with about five million tons of milled cereals produced. There is a food deficit of 340,000 tons, most of which is expected to be filled by imports.
South Sudan’s deteriorating humanitarian situation
As fighting continues across South Sudan, the United Nations is reporting that some 1,000 people may have been killed,while aid agencies estimate that in a worst-case scenario, thousands more could be displaced or will require humanitarian assistance.
Political strife in South Sudan sets off ethnic violence
KHARTOUM, Sudan — He sat among tens of thousands of terrified people crammed into the United Nations compound, most of them women and children, taking notes about their desperate rush to safety. Like them, he had come seeking protection.
Political fight in South Sudan targets civilians
JUBA, South Sudan — As heavy fighting between government forces and rebels continued in South Sudan on Wednesday, President Salva Kiir spoke out against ethnically motivated killings in a Christmas address.
Tens of thousands of South Sudanese have sought refuge in United Nations compounds across the country amid violence that is believed to have claimed thousands of lives, shaking a young nation that gained independence from Sudan in 2011.
Food and the city
With the vast majority of population growth taking place in towns and cities, according to the UN, aid agencies are adapting their food security responses to better fit into urban contexts. An increasing number of tools and innovations are becoming available to help with this effort, but humanitarians have yet to undertake the shift required for large-scale systematic urban response, say aid experts.
Majority of Americans want minimum wage to be increased, poll finds
A large majority of Americans want Congress to substantially increase the minimum wage as part of an effort to reduce the nation’s expanding economic inequality, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Looking beyond food for causes of Cameroon’s malnutrition
Mairam Umaru’s year-old son had suffered vomiting and fever on and off for a month before she sought medical help.
Refuge: Stories from the Syrian crisis
Dania Amroosh wears a Hello Kitty shirt, tiny heart-shaped earrings and her hair in cute little pigtails. She looks like any other 7-year-old, except for the jagged scars on the bridge of her nose and across her chin.
Crisis in Central African Republic is tougher than France expected
PARIS — With photographs emerging of children toting guns and estimates of more than 400,000 displaced people in camps, the crisis in the Central African Republic is proving more complicated, violent and desperate than the French expected, according to Western diplomats, analysts and human rights activists.
