Mauritania in nutrition crisis, not famine - says WFP official
Mauritania is not facing famine but a nutrition crisis, which requires urgent attention, according to Mustapha Darboe, Regional Director of the World Food Program (WFP) for West and Central Africa. Angola Press, 15th July 2006

Celebrations, but poverty tests Mandela's legacy
Nelson Mandela is in the twilight of his journey, but South Africa, which he helped free from apartheid, still has its own distance to travel. The Age, 14th July 2006

Economic growth not enough to tackle hunger - UN
Hunger kills more people than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined, and keeps millions of children out of school, the United Nations said on Thursday. Reuters, 13th July 2006

How an SMS called out for famine relief
When no one seems to listen, pick up the phone to make your point. This is exactly what one refugee in a Kenyan camp did to say there just was not enough food. The SOS went all the way to London, where Greg Barrow picks up the story. Cellular News, 22nd June 2006

Systemic Failure or Natural disaster? Charity or Justice?
The continually deepening food crisis in Africa is causing the peoples of the first world and those of Africa to continue to examine the problems, realise what the causes are and to search for what the solutions might be. It must be remembered, in this examination, that Africa is a large continent, not a single country, and that the reasons for the food shortages differ from state to state and from region to region. The Lowdown, Zambia's Online Magazine, June 2006

Why the G8 must end poverty in Africa
"As the G8 leaders gather in St Petersburg, we must ask ourselves how to persuade them to part with the resources that the developing world so badly needs if it is to realise the growth targets set by the 'millennium goals'. The appeals and concerts are not enough," says Jason McCue. The Observer, 16th July 2006

Reuters AlertNet Famine Resource File: The Reality of Hunger
Reuters AlertNet, a humanitarian news website run by the Reuters Foundation, offers a comprehensive resource file on the reality of hunger and famine in our world. Their resource file includes a fact sheet and background information, a slide show, a glossary of terms and tips on how to portray famine victims in photos. Test your knowledge about famine and hunger by doing the AlertNet quiz www.alertnet.org/quiz/112652241128.htm

Also, check out the World Food Program's Interactive Hunger Map
www.wfp.org/country_brief/hunger_map/map/
hungermap_popup/map_popup.html

www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/
112688954097.htm

The Price of Aid
This documentary explores the hidden interests that lie behind humanitarian food-aid programs. Who really benefits from humanitarian food aid programs? On the one side is the United States, hit by a terrible urge to balance its gross domestic product and especially to assist its industry. On the African side, countries like Zambia - hit hard by terrible drought - welcome the food but also want to start producing on home ground. The program begins with the food on the plate of a refugee in a camp. It traces the story of this grain to its origins where the decision was initially made to send it abroad, examining the degree to which political and economic agendas dictate the distribution of aid.

"Oh God, to those who have hunger, give bread. And to those who have bread, give a hunger for justice." Latin American prayer

"More people die of hunger every year in Africa than AIDS, TB, malaria, polio and war combined, in a world of food surplus." Sir Bob Geldof speaking to Andrew Denton on Enough Rope

www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/
transcripts/s1343226.htm

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