Nothing is more basic and simple than food. Yet it comes to us courtesy of a long, complicated supply chain that spans the globe.
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US trying to seize more than $70M from Equatorial Guinea dictator’s son over alleged corruption
Justice Department officials are trying to seize more than $70 million in assets — including a Malibu mansion and Michael Jackson memorabilia — owned by the playboy son of the dictator of Equatorial Guinea.
Kenyans in first al-Shabab battle in Somalia after crossing the border
Kenyan troops have clashed with Islamist militants inside Somalia for the first time since crossing the border nearly two weeks ago.
US drone base in Ethiopia is operational
The Air Force has been secretly flying armed Reaper drones on counterterrorism missions from a remote civilian airport in southern Ethiopia as part of a rapidly expanding U.S.-led proxy war against an al-Qaeda affiliate in East Africa, U.S. military officials said.
After five years, free universal secondary education in Uganda has improved attendance for poor students and girls, but quality problems remain
Headteacher David Wanyama sums up his assessment of Uganda’s five-year-old free universal secondary education as “three major achievements and five grave challenges”.
Population growth taxing planet’s resources; expanding demands are depleting seas, fresh water and forests
The president is using his authority to try to put Democrats on the side of angry voters
Bolivia scraps Amazon road project protested by indigenous people
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has scrapped plans for a road project in the Amazon that had triggered protests by indigenous people.
Aid policy: The rise of the new donors
IRIN has been covering Syria’s humanitarian crisis from its outset. A look at some highlights.
Can the creaking international aid system reform before history overtakes it?
Food: Rumpus over genetically modified food aid
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Malaria deaths fall over 20% worldwide in last decade
There has been a fall of just over 20% in the number of deaths from malaria worldwide in the past decade, the World Health Organization says.
