Who is to blame for famine in africa

The food shipments that do make it through are often not getting to where they are most needed. Speaking at the U. WFP officials say using a biometric registration system that includes iris scanning, facial recognition, and fingerprints will help identify those who need aid the most and combat corruption in distribution.

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While some claim the U. Search Search. Home United States U. Africa 54 - November 11, VOA Africa Listen live. VOA Newscasts Latest program. VOA Newscasts. Many aid organizations are already warning of the next famine: in South Sudan, which has just become independent.

The UN's youngest member nation is marked by a shortage of funds, lacking government competence and growing corruption. The downward spiral continues to turn. As the UN delivers its warning of the "acute emergency" in Somalia, the German government said it will consider extra aid for the famine-stricken people of East Africa.

Germany has already pledged 14 million euros. The Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya are grappling with the arrival of thousands of people fleeing drought and fighting in neighboring Somalia. Many, especially children, fail to survive the long journey. The terrible drought in Somalia has caused food shortages and worsened the refugee problem. Adding insult to injury, speculators are profiting from the situation.

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COM in 30 languages. Deutsche Welle. Audiotrainer Deutschtrainer Die Bienenretter. World Instability to blame for famine in Horn of Africa, aid groups say Crop failure, droughts and floods are not the only causes of hunger. The drought has severely harmed many farmers' fields. They want to raise funds for immediate crises, and the DEC appeal for East Africa did raise a lot of money:. Other NGO interviewees felt that it was difficult to criticise the media for superficial coverage when their own messages were often too simplistic and failed to address the limitations of humanitarian aid in the face of the violence and political chaos in Somalia.

Polis has been working with various NGO s on this set of issues around the contradiction of short-term marketing and long-term structural change. This post first appeared on the Polis blog on 18 January.

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Notify me of new posts by email. Search for:. Who is to blame when Africa starves: media, governments or NGOs? This was not a sudden disaster and yet not enough was done to prevent it escalating: Early signs of an oncoming food crisis were clear many months before the emergency reached its peak.

It stresses the need for structural change: There also has to be a fundamental shift to integrated, long-term, flexible programming that aims to reduce the risks faced by people whose livelihoods are extremely vulnerable.

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