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GLOBAL
World hunger facts Global web links World child hunger facts
Eight former army officers are charged with Chilean singer's 1973 murder after army coup Pascale Bonnefoy New York Times December 28, 2012 See Wikipedia Victor Jara Hear Jara's song Manifiesto
Getting polio campaigns back on track Donald G McNeil Jr New York Times December 24, 2012
Life in the back alleys of the Degüi Ayoreo community, outside Santa Cruz. In Santa Cruz, a city of nearly three million people, the Ayoreo Indians have become an example of how urban sprawl can devour a culture, making it invisible and stigmatising and endangering it, said anthropologist Luca Citarella. Credit: Miguel Ángel Souza/IPS
Bolivia’s Ayoreo indians, devoured by the city Anna Infantas IPS December 18, 2012 See World hunger photos: the stories and images of people's lives
Our lives: A survivors guide to hard times IRIN News December 2012 The series follows 20 people in 10 countries including Millicent Wanyama – Breadcrumb seller, Kenya Manbahadur Tamang – Farmer, Nepal and Grace Taban Genova – Home-brewer, South Sudan
In Boulaq, so long neglected that houses regularly collapse, there had been little expectation that leaders would provide. But the disregard of the new president has been harder to take. Photo:Tara Todras-Whitehill/New York Times More Photos
In Cairo crisis, the poor find dashed hopes Kareem Fahim New York Times December 13, 2012
HSBC bank to pay US government a $1.3 billion fine for vast drug and other money-laundering "lapses" Devlin Barrett and Evan Perez Wall Street Journal December 11, 2012 HSBC—Too big to indict? A dark day for the rule of law (editorial) New York Times Decenber 11, 2012
Challenges of a changing climate: Rich nations bear historic responsibility for putting carbon dioxide into the air, but are they doing enough to help poor countries steel themselves against emissions’ effects? Photo: Washington Post
Climate talks yield commitment to ambitious, but unclear, actions John M Broder New York Times December 8, 2012 US climate aid reaches across globe Juliet Eilperin Washington Post December 2, 2012 See Hunger Notes special report Environment and Hunger
Landmine casualty rate dropping IRIN News November 29, 2012
Migration: Crossing into the unknown IRIN News November 21, 2012
Renewed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. Photo: DRCRC
Top 10 neglected refugee crises IRIN News November 21, 2012
Already desperate, Haiti's farmers are left hopeless after storm Randal C Archibold New York Times November 17, 2012
New HIV cases falling in some poor nations, but treatment still lags Donald G McNeil Jr New York Times November 20, 2012 See more nutrtion and health stories
Climate change: A four degree warmer world IRIN News November 20, 2012 Fears over climate change impact on neglected tropical diseases IRIN News November 5, 2012 See Hunger Notes special report Environment and Hunger
Food: Spotlight on "land grab" deals IRIN News November 14, 2012
Haiti hunger and cholera crises feared in Sandy's wake Al Jazeera October 31, 2012 ‘It is misery’: A video of Haiti’s camps after Sandy Max Fisher Washington Post October 29, 2012
Is nutrition getting the attention it deserves? IRIN News October 31, 2012 See more health and nutrition stories
Food: How good is the new hunger data? IRIN News October 11, 2012
Children gather in a poor neighbourhood in the Mawzaa village of the southern Yemeni province of Taiz July 1, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah
One in eight of world population going hungry: UN Catherine Hornby Reuters October 9, 2012 Food: Landgrabbing linked with hunger IRIN News October 11, 2012
IMF support to poor countries gets needed boost from gold sale profits IMF Survey October 4, 2012 See Hunger Notes special report on foreign assistance
Briefing: New food treaty thin on substance IRIN News October 4, 2012 See Hunger Notes special report Development Assistance
In Bolivia, miners pick away at Rich Mountain, but it takes back its own toll Juan Forero Washington Post September 27, 2012 See slideshow, video. See World hunger photos: the stories and images of people's lives
The "unfinished business" of lowering child mortality IRIN News September 12, 2012 See more health and nutrition stories
Food: How bad is the crisis? IRIN News August 15, 2012 Global food reserves falling as drought wilts crops Tony C Dreibus and Elizabeth Campbell Bloomberg News August 9, 2012 Food: Price shock hotspots IRIN News August 6, 2012 See also The hunger wars in our future: heat, drought, rising food costs and global unrest Michael Klare Truthout August 7, 2012. See more food and hunger crisis stories
Armed groups should not be a law unto themselves IRIN News August 15, 2012
Seventy percent of the global use of water is for agricultural purposes, and that is where the crisis is likely to show itself, with both African and Asian countries facing critical water shortages. Photo: Marcus Benigno/IRIN
Water: Prepare to face shocks IRIN News August 1, 2012
Beyond 7 billion: The coming wave of population growth will reshape the planet, and the impact will be greatest in the poorest, most unstable countries (series) Kenneth R Weiss Los Angeles Times August 2012 See more nutrition and health stories
Global humanitarian needs declined in 2011 but funding shortfalls continued to widen, report says IRIN News July 23, 2012 See report. See HN special report Development Assistance
Breaking the cycle of HIV, hunger and poverty World Food Program July 24, 2011 Everything’s different (almost) since last international AIDS conference in US David Brown Washington Post July 21, 2012 See more nutrition and health stories
On Haitian TV, masses laugh at elites Alessandra Stanley New York Times July 10, 2012
Family planning summit focuses on mother and child survival IRIN News July 13, 2012 Study says meeting contraceptive needs could cut maternal deaths by a third Sabrena Tavernise New York Times July 9, 2012 See more nutrition and health stories
Senate vote ousts Paraguayan president Lugo after clash Simon Romero New York Times June 22, 2012
Rio sustainable development summit: little progress, 20 years on Richard Black BBC News June 22, 2012 See Hunger Notes special report Environment and Hunger
FAO food price index drops sharply: World cereal supplies expected to be abundant in 2012/13 FAO June 7, 2012
One in seven suffer malnourishment: UN food agency Seed Daily May 30, 2012 See full report (42 page PDF file)
Guarani indigenous boys took part in a religious ceremony in Mato Grosso do Sul, on the Brazilian side near the Paraguayan border. Killings and disappearances of indigenous leaders in Brazil continue to climb, leaving a stain on the nation’s rise as an agricultural powerhouse. Photo: Maurico Lima/New York Times
Violence hits Brazil tribes in scramble for land Simon Romero New York Times June 9, 2011 In Brazil, battles for ancestral land (photo essay) New York Times June 9, 2012
One in seven suffer malnourishment: UN food agency Seed Daily May 30, 2012 See full report (42 page PDF file)
As the world's worst outbreak of cholera continues to ravage Haiti, international donors have averted their gaze (opinion) Washington Post May 26, 2012 In Haiti, global failures on a cholera epidemic Deborah Sontag New York Times March 31, 2012 See more nutrition and health stories
US ethanol policy costs Mexico $250 - 500 million each year, fuels hunger ActionAid May 16, 2012 See full report (16 page PDF)
Global mortality among children younger than five years declined by 26 percent between 2000 and 2010 - meaning that the lives of some two million children were saved - but this is still not enough for many countries to meet the Millennium Development Goal of reducing deaths in this age group by two-thirds by 2015. Photo: Guy Oliver/IRIN
Child survival up, but not enough IRIN News May 11, 2012 See report See other health and nutrition stories
IFPRI launches new global food policy report Hunger Notes April 23, 2012
Solutions for a hungry world (online report) Alertnet May 2012
World food prices rise further, raising fears of unrest Svetlana Kovalyova and Veronica Brown Reuters April 5, 2012
Jim Yong Kim secures World Bank job amid criticism of US domination of role. Seoul-born Kim beats Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who said the decision was not made on merit. Dominic Rushe The Guardian April 16, 2012 Challengers for World Bank leadership ask for ‘a fair chance’ Howard Schneider Washington Post March 30, 2012 Jim Yong Kim, Dartmouth College president, tapped by Obama to head World Bank Howard Schneider and Zachary Goldfarb Washington Post March 23, 2012 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger
One of the indigenous Ayoreo who live in the Chaco forest. About 10 percent of the area has been cleared in recent years by ranchers, amid a rising global demand for beef. Noah Friedman-Rudovsky/New York Times
Vast tracts in Paraguay forest being replaced by ranches Simon Romero New York Times March 24, 2012 See Hunger Notes special report Environment and Hunger
Jim Yong Kim, Dartmouth College president, tapped by Obama to head World Bank Howard Schneider and Zachary Goldfarb Washington Post March 23, 2012 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger
US special operations forces are engaged in “more than 100 countries worldwide,” commander says Stephen Aftergood Secrecy News March 7, 2012 See testimony See Hunger Notes special report on US assistance including military expenditure
Dire poverty falls despite worldwide slump, World Bank finds Annie Lowrey New York Times March 6, 2012 See related commentary Have we really achieved goal one of the Millennium Development Goals? Bill Abrams TrickleUp March 15, 2012
Websites shine light on petty bribery worldwide Stephanie Strom New York Times March 6, 2012
Drug cartels threaten Latin American democracy, Organization of American States warns BBC News March 1, 2012
GRAIN releases data set with over 400 global land grabs GRAIN February 23, 2012
Analysis: Land grab or development opportunity? BBC News February 21, 2012
World Trade Organization "must address" food security IRIN News December 23, 2011
In first year, Brazil's president fires six ministers accused of corruption Juan Forero Washington Post December 14, 2011
Fair Trade having enforcement difficulties in growing $6 billion market Simon Clark and Heather Walsh Bloomberg News December 28, 2011 See also Fair Trade Wikipedia
Demonstrators in Nice, France, last month urged the leaders of the Group of 20 nations to do more to help the poor by means of the 'Robin Hood' tax — a tiny levy on trades in the financial markets that would take money from the banks and give it to the world’s poor. Photo: Frederic Nebinger/Getty Images
Tiny tax on financial trades gains advocates Steven Greenhouse and Graham Bowley New York Times December 7, 2011
