Food Security Portal Partnership and Policy Dialogue in India

To understand the disparities in food security situation, initially the portal will cover three states Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Gujarat and would later expand to rest of India. (...)

Uganda is the leading coffee exporter in Africa, beating Ethiopia the continent's leading producer in the region. Ethiopia produced more but exported less because a large part of its output is consumed locally, unlike in Uganda where domestic consumption is less than 2 percent.

The African Union may be a shadow of the original post-colonial vision. But its potential to inspire remains

If one were to ask people in the streets of any African capital to name a union of states that readily comes to mind, they are likely to mention the United Nations, the United States of America and possibly the European Union. And the African Union? Oh yes, yes, I have heard of it, a few might say. (...)

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A revised minimum wage could help women working in harsh conditions who have few other places to go, but employers say they are also suffering as a result of disrupted production

The bulldozers have moved on and the eight-storey Rana Plaza building, in which more than 1,120 workers died when it collapsed on 24 April, is nothing more than a gaping hole in the ground.

For workers hurrying to their shifts at the scores of garment factories that dot the neighbourhood of Savar, 15km north of Dhaka, it is a grim reminder of the hazardous conditions that prevail in Bangladesh's $20bn apparel industry. (...)

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The Uganda Red Cross Society has said Kasese flood victims need up to 11 million litres of safe water if disease is to be avoided, amid fears of a cholera outbreak.

Heavy rains that resulted into floods at the beginning of this month destroyed all toilet facilities and this has since affected water sources.

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By Niaz Mohammad Ziarmal, Abdol Qayum Ajez - Afghanistan
ARR Issue 456, 22 May 13

Tall and black-bearded, Mohammad Hashem still has a youthful look that belies the trouble he is in.

Disaster Losses Would Be Cut if Children Knew What to Do, They Say

GENEVA, 22 May (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) ‑ Children can and should play a crucial role in disaster risk reduction, a panel of children from disaster-prone regions told the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction this afternoon.

Children from Ethiopia, Japan, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Lesotho, Norway and the United Kingdom shared their experiences with disasters and suggested how they and other children could be instrumental in reducing disaster-related risks. (...)

The child population of the continent is expected to rise by 130 million by 2025, demographic studies show. By mid-century almost 1 in every 3 children globally will live in Africa. By 2030, sub-Saharan Africa will have the greatest number of children under the age of 18 anywhere in the world. (...)

22nd May, 2013) – Authorities in Rubkona County of Unity State are raising concern about the existence of land mines in Kaljak Payam.

Speaking to Radio Miraya the payam administrator, Charles Mut Babur says mines exist mainly by the river side in Boitong area.

Mut said many of the mines were remnants from the Sudan civil war. (…)

Fifty-eight projects from 18 countries will receive $100,000 grants. (...)

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, CEO and head of mission of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), based in South Africa, is chair of ILRI’s board of trustees (photo credit: Lindiwe Majele Sibanda).

At the ongoing Chicago Council Global Food Security Symposium, ‘there is renewed focus across public, private, and international organizations towards ending global food insecurity. . (...)

DOMIZ, Iraq, 22 May 2013 - The Domiz refugee camp, which sits about 60 kilometres from the Syrian border amidst an imposing mountain landscape, was originally built to accommodate 22,000 people. Today it is home to around 40,000 Syrian refugees.

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By Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The World Bank has proposed a $150 million loan for Jordan to help it with the cost of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria, Jordanian and World Bank board sources said on Wednesday.

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Investment and trade in Africa has boomed over the past decade – but has lead to problems of planning, control and coordination. Ollivier Girard/CIFOR.

National agencies that promote and approve foreign investments in Congo Basin countries could play an important role in ensuring that new projects in the region are socially and environmentally beneficial – provided they are better funded and staffed, according to studies by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).