THE ARCHITECTURE OF MAN-MADE FAMINE & THE CARTELIZATION OF FOOD
The real causes of impoverishment in Somali farming communities were caused by deregulation of the grain market, currency warfare and the influx of foreign food aid, such donations were made with the expectation that Somalia’s best-irrigated farmlands would be used to harvest fruits, vegetables, oilseeds and cotton, not for domestic consumption, but for export into lucrative grocery market shelves in the First World.
SOMALIA: FAMINE FOR PROFIT AND THE EAST AFRICAN FOOD CRISIS
Few parts of the world aptly fit the description of hell better than Somalia’s crumbling capital city, Mogadishu; a nation ravaged by imperialism, domestic instability and economic sabotage from foreign forces.
Africa’s famine response: Too little, perhaps too late
Jerry Rawlings, a former president of Ghana and now the high representative for Somalia for the African Union (AU), visited a number of African capitals in July and August to drum up support for a pan-African conference on the famine in the Horn of Africa.
Is US using famine in the Horn of Africa to embark on yet another illegal war?
The large troop deployment by Kenya into Somali territory is taking on the form of a full-scale invasion, rather than a temporary incursion as initially reported.
Biofuels, Speculators Driving Food Price Surges
A new report on global hunger pinpoints factors at the heart of spikes in food prices it says are exacerbating the unfolding food crisis in the Horn of Africa.
Tackling the evil of famine in the Horn of Africa
(InformAfrica) — Hunger and conflict continue to claim thousands of lives in the Horn of Africa. However, the call for a global response is getting louder, as reported by Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor.
Malnutrition is taking its toll on Somali children
(InformAfrica) — Nearly too weak to cry, Masteha Jama Mohamed’s three-month-old daughter is barely the length of her forearm, as the severely malnourished baby struggles for survival in famine-hit Somalia.
US to offer $105 million in East Africa famine aid
(InformAfrica) — The United States will Monday offer $105 million in new aid to famine and drought-hit East Africa, where millions of people are facing starvation and need immediate, lifesaving help.
Malnourished Somali baby thriving as rare success
DADAAB, Kenya (AP) — Only 10 days ago, Minhaj Gedi Farah was too weak to cry and his skin crumpled liked thin leather under the pressure of his mother’s hands. Now doctors say the severely malnourished 7-month-old appears out of danger of joining the more than 29,000 children who already have died in the famine.
