Good rainfall in recent months has boosted harvests in arid Niger and reduced the risk of more hunger for a population that has long been vulnerable to food shortages, local authorities said. According to the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP), about 70 percent of Niger’s 13 million people live below the poverty line and […]
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Madonna Visits Orphanage in Malawi
Madonna visited an orphanage in Malawi’s commercial capital Thursday on the second day of a trip to highlight the plight of AIDS orphans, which prompted speculation she was about to adopt a child herself. The pop star was greeted by about 50 children as she arrived in a four-vehicle convoy. Bodyguards prevented journalists from getting […]
Speaking Books for Health Education
Low literacy levels in Africa are part-and-parcel of everyday life, and seriously reduce the effectiveness of health care literature. In association with the South African Depression and Anxiety Group, Books of Hope has designed and produced interactive, multilingual Speaking Books that can be seen, read, heard and understood regardless of someone’s reading ability. Each Speaking […]
Christians Back Protests Against McDonald’s
A delegation of Presbyterian and United Church of Christ-backed Florida farmworkers will embark on a 10-day “mini-tour” to the Chicago area next month to carry their struggle for higher wages and better working conditions to fast-food giant McDonald’s – writes Evan Silverstein. Florida farmworkers suffer the same miserable conditions experienced by generations of farmworkers, including […]
Bingu Says Poverty Alleviation Greatest Challenge
President Bingu wa Mutharika on Thursday told the United Nations that eradicating poverty remains the greatest challenge facing the world organisation. Mutharika, delivering Malawi’s statement at the 61st session of the UN General Assembly, said global peace, security and stability cannot be assured if the greater section of humanity lives in abject poverty. “I believe […]
Brazilian President Urges Action Against Hunger
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called on world leaders attending the annual UN debate to take action against hunger and poverty by providing funds and fostering fair trade. The Brazilian president asserted that the widespread hunger prevailing in the world today lies at the root of a host of other global […]