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 Youth in Kenya’s Kibera slums carry crude weapons ready to fight youths from the rival side. Three people were killed in the January 2008 confrontation Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN

The price of fear: In slums where killings, rape, kidnappings and other criminal violence are commonplace, say researchers, lives and livelihoods are hampered by a force that is tough to measure—fear IRIN News May 15, 2013 Humanitarian intervention in violence-hit slums—from whether to how IRIN News May 15, 2013

Why aid workers are targets Abby Stoddard The Globalist May 14, 2013 Humanitarian workers unprepared for decades of conflict, UNHCR warns Annie Kelly The Guardian April 30, 2013 Afghanistan - the world’s most dangerous place for aid workers IRIN News April 18, 2013  See Hunger Notes special report on humanitarian assistance

Helping aid workers build meaningful careers Anna Jefferys IRIN News May 13, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on humanitarian assistance

Bolivia's president expels US aid agency Carlos Valdez and Frank Bajak Washington Post May 1, 2013  

Humanitarian workers unprepared for decades of conflict, UNHCR warns Annie Kelly The Guardian April 30, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on humanitarian assistance

The world has changed, but 'our hallmark food assistance program has not,' USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah said. Photo: AP

Proposal for changes in food aid sets off infighting in Congress Ron Nixon New York Times May 2, 2013 Kill the Food for Peace program? What a horrible idea from our own government! (opinion) Dan Shaughnessy World Hunger Education Service April 27, 2013 A food fight over Food for Peace David Rodgers Politico April 24, 2013 Obama proposes end to monetized food aid IRIN News  April 11, 2012 Obama administration seeks to overhaul international food aid Ron Nixon New York Times April 4, 2013 Aid groups push Obama administration to shift the way US helps feed starving people abroad Associated Press Washington Post  April 5, 2012 See Hunger Notes special report on development assistance

Studies out of Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Niger show that children born during natural hazards, like droughts or floods, are more likely to be malnourished.  Mothers and infants' lack of access to quality food can permanently damage the growth of the next generation. Photo: IRIN  

A unified approach to climate change and hunger IIRIN News April 24, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on the environment and hunger

A fisherman on the polluted waters of a small river within sight of the towers of Asunción, Paraguay. The economy grows side by side with persistent poverty. Photo: Tomas Munita/New York Times  

Boom times in Paraguay leave many behind Simon Romero New York Times April 24, 2013

A Tsimané family in front of their home in El Jatatal. Photo: Rafael Acuña/IPS  

Bolivan ranchers try to drive Tsimané indians off their land Rafael Acuña Coaquira  Inter Press Service April 20, 2013

We must change global tax system to insure that poor countries get a fair share—OECD. OECD official says rich countries should demand transparency from multinationals and stop cash passing through tax havens. Marc Tran The Guardian April 5, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger

UNICEF report details the cost of malnutrition in children Associated Press New York Times April 15, 2013 See full report (pdf file)  See more nutrition and health stories

Poorest countries lead the fight against malnutrition Institute of Development Studies April 11, 2013 See more nutrition and health stories

Filmmakers capture chaos after airstrikes in Syria  Robert Mackey New York Times April 11, 2013 See HN special report section Harmful economic systems: Keeping people oppressed

World Bank, in a changed economy, pushes focus to building a middle class Howard Schneider Washington Post April 19, 2013 World Bank chief says global poverty is a bigger challenge than action on HIV—calls 1.2 billion people living on under $1.25 a day a 'stain on our conscience' Larry Elliott The Guardian April 4, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on development assistance  World Bank chief says global warming threatens the planet and the poorest Howard Schneider Washington Post April 2, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Environment and hunger

Egypt, short of money, sees crisis on food and fuel David D Kirkpatrick New York Times March 30, 2013 Egyptian government’s role in wheat: State organizations account for more than half of the incoming volumes in the world’s number one wheat importing country David McKee World-Grain.com April 2, 2013

Torture victims in El Salvador speak out Edgardo Ayala Inter Press Service March 21, 2013  

Researchers find 25 countries using surveillance software Nicole Perlroth New York Times March 13, 2013

An Indian vegetable vendor, an SKS Microfinance loan recipient, manages her stall in a village near the city of Ahmedabad. Microsavings programs are bringing the benefits of thrift even to the poorest of the poor. Photo: Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images

Microsavings programs build wealth, pennies at a time Ylan Q Mui Washington Post March 15, 2013

Students in the Nilo Peçanha school lunchroom. Photo: Vincent Rimbaux/IPS

From Brazil’s family farm to the school lunchroom table Fabiana Frayssinet Inter Press Service March 12, 2013

 Thousands of supporters in Caracas accompanied the funeral cortege of President Hugo Chávez on its way to the Military Academy. Photo: Miguel Angel Angulo/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Obituary: Hugo Chavez BBC News March 6, 2013 Chavez transformed the way Venezuelans view themselves William Neuman New York Times March 6, 2013

Syria’s refugees: The United Nations estimates that within a week, there could be 1 million refugees in Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq as more people flee the Syrian civil war. Photo: Mohammad Hannon/AP

As Syrian refugee population nears 1 million, relief agencies cannot keep up Taylor Luck Washington Post March 4, 2013

Check out Hunger Notes two new hunger posters: Don't be blind, world hunger exists [background picture of an eye] and Don't be blind, world hunger exists [background picture of an eyechart] designed by Kamaron Owens Virginia Commonwealth University  [pdf files that may be printed and used by our readers]

Syria’s refugees: The United Nations estimates that within a week, there could be 1 million refugees in Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq as more people flee the Syrian civil war. Photo: Mohammad Hannon/AP

As Syrian refugee population nears 1 million, relief agencies cannot keep up Taylor Luck Washington Post March 4, 2013

Aerial photo of the lands taken by Addax Bioenergy for its sugar cane plantation in Sierra Leone. Photo: Le Temps

Biofuel production pushes farming communities off land - report Chelsea Diana AlertNet February 28, 2013  See Hunger Notes special report on trade and hunger

US and Mexico reach deal to increase tomato prices Stephanie Strom New York Times February 3, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger

Under Egypt's political unrest seethes the rising anger of the poor. Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood often seem to be without answers on the battered economy, and analysts wonder whether a new revolution will rise from the slums. Jeffrey Fleishman Los Angeles Times February 2, 2013

Traditional paddy seeds are labelled and stored in earthen pots at the Tentulipar community gene-seed-grain bank. Photo: Manipadma Jena/IPS  

Traditional farming holds all the aces Inter Press Service February 1, 2013

UN poverty panel meets in Liberia to debate world goals as Millenium Development Goals near end Patrick Wintour The Guardian February 1, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on  foreign assistance 

Relatives of victims of Guatemala's civil war listened to proceedings as Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemala’s former military dictator, was ordered by a Guatemalan judge on Thursday to stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity leveled at him. Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press  

Accused of atrocities, Guatemala’s ex-dictator chooses silence Elisabeth Malkin New York Times January 26, 2013

New evaluation suggests black carbon (soot) ranks as second biggest human cause of climate change, with two-thirds the total impact of carbon dioxide Juliet Eilperin Washington Post January 15, 2013  See Hunger Notes special report Environment and Hunger

Syria allows UN to step up food aid Al Jazeera January 16, 2013

 

José Antonio Alvarado and his family harvested corn in November on a highway median in Guatemala, where farmers struggle to find land. Richard Perry/The New York Times More photos

As biofuel demand grows, so do Guatemala’s hunger pangs Elisabeth Rosenthal New York Times January 5, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Food and hunger crisis

As a new year begins, in spite of progess in reducing hunger and poverty, "there is still plenty to be concerned about" Church World Service January 2, 2013  

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

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

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