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11 million starving in African famine

Posted on August 22, 2011 by jason

According to the UN eleven million people are affected by famine in Africa, the equivalent of half the entire Australian population…. Read more »

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Tim Costello on the looming famine in Africa

Posted on July 19, 2011 by jason

A 1984-scale Ethiopian famine is just weeks away in the horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya). Already 400,000 people are… Read more »

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A new Ethiopian crisis looms over Africa

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Bill

Last Friday night I fell asleep whilst watching BBC Television news. I woke up at about 3:00am to the picture of a poor little malnourished African child. The child was being held my it’s mother and had a drip in its arm. The child was so starved and malnourished it looked like a tiny little bundle of pain. As I said I woke with a start. I was well fed and comfortable, lying on the lounge. I didn’t have to worry about where to sleep… Read more »

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