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AFTER A SERIES OF PARTICULARLY DEVASTATING FAMINES in East and West Africa in the early 1980s - the ones that sparked the Live Aid concert and set Bono on his path from rock star to humanitarian dynamo - the U.S. set up an early-warning system for when a region's food supply was going to fail. "Food prices were at near record levels [in Somalia] even before the invasion of Ukraine", says Maxwell. [Extracted from the article]

The article features the most influential photographs worldwide as of late November 2016 and were included in the book "100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time." Among the photographs are the images of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's assassination taken by photographer Abraham Zapruder, photographer Robert Capa's pictures of the D-Day landings, and the photograph "Famine in Somalia," by photographer James Nachtwey.

INSIDE PAKISTAN REVERTS TO FORM AFTER KHAN THE POTENT NEW ADDITION TO THE OPIOID CRISIS THE TRUE MEANING OF COLLEGE REJECTIONS This helps put into geographic perspective the huge size of the potential crop area put at risk by the Ukraine war. Progress is being made in rerouting crop exports from Ukraine via rail and truck, but this is more expensive, with much lower capacity. Ukraine is now the fifth largest exporter of wheat in the world, supplying 10% of global wheat exports. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses, from a political perspective, a famine in Somalia that is causing severe malnutrition in children and death, especially in the southern region of the African country. The United States and United Nations allies' strategy against Islamic terrorists, as well as drought and climate change, are blamed for creating conditions for famine. Background information is given about the lawlessness in Somalia which allows piracy and terrorist activity and about the Transitional Federal Government. The U.S.' withholding of food aid in the al-Shabab territory in 2009 is discussed.

Reports on the famine that is devastating the Horn of Africa, including Ethiopia, as of May, 2000. Severity of drought in Ethiopia; Complications of the border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea; Comments from Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi about the war which is costing his country approximately $1 million a day.

The article focuses on Ethiopia and African nations in Sahel which experienced famine and drought. Food supply has been difficult to provide with the shortage of food reserves of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), unmanageable transportation channels due to weather conditions, and the massive growth of refugees transmitting communicable diseases to one another such as cholera, typhus and dysentery. In addition, the Common Market, Canada, U.S., Sweden, China and the Soviet Union has been working together to implement a worldwide aide program for food supply however, is inadequate.

Presents a photo essay with text covering a day in Bardera, Somalia, where 150 to 200 people a day have been arriving for four weeks from villages as far as 125 miles away. Most of the people waiting outside the UNICEF feeding center are women and children, the men killed in the endless fighting. Weeding out the youngest, most desperate cases for antidiarrheal medicine and food; Children burned from the scalding gruel; Center's undertaker comes for the dead.

Presents a photo essay of Somalia, where savage civil strife among clans has destroyed the capital of Mogadishu and killed 150,000 people in the past 19 months. The survivors in the mostly desert land are victims of a famine that threatens the lives of 1.8 million of Somalia's nearly six million people. A food airlift has just begun to bring relief.

Describes the famine in Sudan. Extent of starvation; Nature of the complex emergency; Why the country suffers from famine every three to four years; Planned aid from the United States and other countries and organizations; Tie between the famine and the civil war over the past 15 years; Failure of famine-watch groups to deliver early warnings; Warfare in Sudan since 1956; Short cease-fire agreed upon; Need for peace.

Presents a photo essay with brief text on the starving people of southern Sudan, where famine is the result of civil war, peace is not in sight and no one knows how many are starving.

Focuses on the famine that is ravaging North Korea as of August 1997. The famine as a result of chronic mismanagement, atrocious policies and years of terrible luck; Estimates from international aid organizations as to the number of people who could starve to death; The complexity associated with humanitarian help; The use of hunger as a political tool. INSET: A visit to the land of the vanishing lake..

The article discusses the author's claim that man-made famines in places such as South Sudan, Yemen, and Somalia in 2017 are responsible for the largest global humanitarian crisis since 1945, and it mentions climate change and the Boko Haram terrorist group's impact on Nigerians.

The article discusses how Somalia is facing a return to famine in April 2017 unless the nation's receives a large increase in global aid, and it mentions the impact of a severe drought in Somalia, as well as information about the United Nations and famine-related deaths.

The article presents world news briefs. Burma released 651 political prisoners on January 13, 2012 and will hold parliamentary by-elections in April 2012. Qatari Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani supports the quelling of violence in Syria with Arab troops, to Syrian president Bashar Assad's dismay. A report suggests that famine in the Horn of Africa may have killed as many as 100,00 people.

The article reports on the famine conditions in various parts of Africa including the northwestern part of Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. According to Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the reasons for such famines include natural reasons such as the delay in rainy season and man made factors such as destroying of the harvest and lack of storage facilities. It also reports on the terror unleashed by the followers of Idi Amin in Karamoja, Uganda after the fall of his government.

The article focuses on the theory of former U.S. President Herbert Hoover regarding the red horseman of the Apocalypse described by St. John in "Revelation." Hoover agrees with the generally accepted designation of the white horse's rider as War, and the black horse's rider as Famine. Yet, he argues that in over 20 different disasters and punishments cited in "Revelation," pestilence, which he designates to the red horse rider, does not occur once.

The article focuses on the green revolution, a dramatic breakthrough in agriculture that will put an end to the hunger problems in India. It notes that the breakthrough will help the country achieve self-sufficiency in food production . The wheat and rice strains developed by the Philippine International Rice Research Institute and by the Rockefeller Foundation in Mexico during the past two decades are the keys of the new progress in India.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "The Command Generation" in the July 29, 1966 issue, "The Struggle to End Hunger" in the August 12, 1966 issue, and "McCoy's Navy" in the August 5, 1966 issue.

The article reports on the multi-nation relief on six African countries namely Chad, Niger, Mauritania, Upper Volta, Mali, and Senegal which are all experiencing massive famine due to drought. It states that food relief is impeded due to old railroad networks, plain inefficiency, and inadequate aircraft which provides the quickest solution. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Spokesman George Dorsey stresses that harvest will still be limited even with rains, as people eat their last stock to survive.

The article focuses on the struggles faced by Chinese government in China. It mentions that the country is facing mass starvation, wherein the agricultural crops and production have been destroyed by both bad weather and political disputes. In addition, it cites the reappearance of beggars in several Chinese cities. The methods used by Chinese government in guarding production is also mentioned.

The article reports on the 1950 famine in China which according to the country's Communist leaders might be the equal of 1878s when 9,500,000 died. According to Communist vice premier Tung Pi Wu, the country is facing a war against spring famine. Various measures have been outlined to address the famine including rebuilding the dikes of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, loans for seed grains, and sending soldiers to work in the fields.

The article discusses food shortages and offers advice on how to stop the growing global crisis. According to the author, the root of the problem lies in low productivity of farms in poor nations, the subsidizing of food crops for biofuels by Western governments, climate change, and an increasing world population. Solutions include providing high-yield seed and fertilizer to farmers in developing countries and the halt of biofuel crop funding. INSET: Three Steps to Fix the World Food Crisis.

Presents an excerpt from the December 21, 1987 issue of "Time," discussing the famine in Ethiopia. Comparison of the famine in Ethiopia of the late 1980s to the current famine in Niger; Excerpt includes a description of famine victims and comments from Chief Elder Mubolle Osman; Photograph of the issue's cover included.

Discusses the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the original release of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' a song compilation made by the British group Band Aid in 1984. How singer Bob Geldof brought together singers such as Robbie Williams and Chris Martin for the release of the new song; Consideration of how all proceeds from the single will benefit starving Africans in Sudan's Darfur region; Criticism from some about how the song lends to the popular view that everyone in Africa is suffering; Reference to how most of the famines in Africa are caused by leaders who use food as a weapon against their enemies by keeping it from them; How activists such as Geldof and U2 singer Bono advocate to open up Western markets to Africa's farmers.

The article reports on the former president of Uganda Apollo Milton Obote who regained his position after nine years by winning the elections. Obote was overthrown by Dictator Idi Amin Dada, under who Uganda once known for its productive agriculture and fine schools, is in ruins at present. People of Uganda rejoiced at the result of the elections, however Obote will find it hard to bring the old glory of the country back with famines and malnutrition trouble surrounding the country.

The article reports on the famine experienced by the people in Phnom-Penh, Cambodia during the control of Khmer Rouge under the Pol Pot regime. It states the sufferings of at least two million people which results to death due to starvation or disease such as malaria. It mentions the rescue operation supported by international relief agencies in Japan, Great Britain, European Community and the U.S., which costs 110 million dollars. It notes that emergency rations are supplied by the International Red Cross, the World Food Program and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).

The article focuses on the impact of climatic change on different countries in the world. It notes that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency released a report stating that the earth's climate has entered a period of lower temperatures and shorter growing seasons which could result to major economic and political changes and pose risks of military policy problems. It also mentions that the varying conditions in the earth's climate will make planning for agricultural production difficult.

The article discusses the findings of Washington's Population Reference Bureau that the population throughout the globe reached four billion as of March 28, 1976. It says that the country with the fastest growth in population based from annual percentage increases is Kuwait and East Germany as the slowest. It mentions the study conducted by the National Academy of Sciences which found that death rates are increasing in southern Asia and central Africa, suggesting the start of famine.

The article reports on the study of some archaeologists regarding the fall of a pre-Columbian city called Teotihuacan located 33 miles northeast of Mexico City. It mentions that research team leader Rene Millon describes the city as a bustling urban center that is almost similar to New York City but in a different setting. A series of computer programs designed by Physicist George Cowgill of Brandeis University aided the team of Mexican, U.S. and Canadian researchers in identifying a particular site whether it is a shop of a merchant, the quarters of an artisan or the home of a priest. It also notes that the uncontrollable growing population and continued famine is believed to have greatly contributed to the abandonment of the city.

The article reports on the agony encountered by Angola in its fight for independence from Portugal. It notes that some of the bloodiest fights occurred in Malange, while the others fled along the seacoast to Lobito and across South West Africa and South Africa. On the other hand, over half-million black Angolans experience food starvation. As a result, Portugal increased its emergency airlift to six jets daily to deal with the crisis. Moreover, Portugal indicates that Angolan independence will be scheduled regardless of the internal situation.

The article offers the insights of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former U.S. Ambassador to India, on the things that should be considered by the U.S. to reach a good relationship with other countries. Moynihan stresses his disapproval to the policy of Americans that tries to appease the developing countries by keeping silent when the Third World leaders blame the West for the poverty and famine. He notes that the U.S. should act as the new world's loyal opposition that broadcasts the accomplishments of Western liberalism such as the multinational corporation. He cites that the country should assert that inequalities in the world could not be so much a matter of condition as of performance and compare the political and civil liberties that the developing countries provide to their people.

Information about the topics discussed during the World Food Conference in Rome, Italy is presented. It discussed the lessons learned from the 10,000 lives which were lost to famine in Africa, Asia and Latin America and how to prevent it. It also featured the talk of U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger regarding the need to address those tragedies by solid cooperation.

Describes the work of Amartya Sen, the 1998 winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics. His theme that impoverished societies must care for their poorest members; Example of the famine in Bengal, India, in 1943; Causes of the Bengal famine including authoritarian rulers; Poor societies that have achieved high standards in health and education; Societal development requiring consideration of social goals.