The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been feeding people in Lesotho since 1965, yet the tiny mountain kingdom is still not much closer to achieving food self-sufficiency. Time to overhaul the approach, aid agencies say.
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Slowed funding threatens AIDS fight, group says–recession, other factors causing international donors to pull back
JOHANNESBURG — Slowed funding from international donors, including the United States, is imperiling recent dramatic gains in treating AIDS patients in the developing world, according to a new report.
Feeding the world without harming it
Countries with growing populations can boost food production without punishing the environment if they are willing to experiment with less harmful farming practices, experts at a recent conference on biodiversity suggested.
Four year drought pushes 23 million Africans to brink of starvation
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Ethiopia asks for urgent food aid for 6.2 million people
The Ethiopian government has asked the international community for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people.
Food experts worry as population and hunger grow
ROME — Scientists and development experts across the globe are racing to increase food production by 50 percent over the next two decades to feed the world’s growing population, yet many doubt their chances despite a broad consensus that enough land, water and expertise exist.
Burundi’s struggle to provide free healthcare
As international donors announce more funding for a campaign to build free health-care systems in the developing world, the BBC’s Prime Ndikumagenge reflects on the experience of Burundi, which has already benefited from the scheme.
China spreads aid in Africa, with some catches (corruption, secrecy and long term indebtedness of the borrowing country)
WINDHOEK, Namibia — It is not every day that global leaders set foot in this southern African nation of gravel roads, towering sand dunes and a mere two million people. So when President Hu Jintao of China touched down here in February 2007 with a 130-person delegation in tow, it clearly was not just a courtesy call.
Eager South African students in poor areas suffer from poor teaching, perhaps a legacy of apartheid
KHAYELITSHA, South Africa — Seniors here at Kwamfundo high school sang freedom songs and protested outside the staff room last year because their accounting teacher chronically failed to show up for class. With looming national examinations that would determine whether they were bound for a university or joblessness, they demanded a replacement.
Child mortality rate declines globally
MPATA, Malawi — The number of children dying before their fifth birthdays each year has fallen below nine million for the first time on record, a significant milestone in the global effort to improve children’s chances of survival, particularly in the developing world, according to data that Unicef will release on Thursday.
