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First Famine of the 21st century a Wake-up Call
ibtimes The United Nations has officially declared Somalia’s food crisis a famine in several parts of the country. A boy drinks water from a pond in Bule Duba village in the outskirts of Moyale, near...
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Horn of Africa drought seen from space
physorg Enlarge The animation, derived from SMOS satellite data, shows soil moisture in the Horn of Africa from April to mid-July 2011. The orange and yellow colouring depicts little to no moisture,...
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OP-ED Expanding Deserts, Falling Water Tables and Toxins Driving People from...
ipsnews.net Saharan dust blowing off west coast of Africa, over the Canary Islands, Nov. 11, 2006. Image credit:NASA WASHINGTON, Aug 23, 2011 (IPS) – People do not normally leave their homes, their...
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Study: High Food Prices Driving Unrest
sott Stephen Pincock abc.net.au © Barry Malone/Reuters The researchers point to two main factors driving the increase in food prices The waves of social unrest and political instability seen recently...
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Mosquitoes ‘disappearing’ in some parts of Africa
bbc Mosquitoes are now a rare sight in some parts of Africa Malaria-carrying mosquitoes are disappearing in some parts of Africa, but scientists are unsure as to why. Figures indicate controls such as...
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China’s Love Of Africa
vanguardngr.com THE $200 million new headquarters of the African Union – a gift from China – is another confirmation of the continent’s inability to get things done by itself. Almost 50 years after the...
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World Hunger Dilemma Spreads Without Solution
dailyfinance A new report from the World Bank states what has been obvious for months: food prices have spiked so high that the costs represent a threat to the ability of many people to feed...
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African Nations Surge Up Ranks of World’s Worst Christian Persecutors
christianitytoday.com Only two days ago, a suicide bomber crashed a jeep laden with explosives into a packed Catholic church in Kaduna, northern Nigeria, killing at least eight people and injuring more...
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Global increase in record-breaking monthly-mean temperatures
springer.com legalbrief The last decade has produced record-breaking heat waves in many parts of the world. At the same time, it was globally the warmest since sufficient measurements started in the...
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Governments falling short in drought fight: UN
france24.com Animal footprints are visible in dry and cracked mud on the bank of the half-full Bewl water reservoir in Kent on April 5, 2012. Governments worldwide are failing to do enough to tackle...
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