[RED DEMOCRATICA] Africa's impoverished Sahel down to its last grains

 

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	April 11, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Africa's impoverished Sahel down to its last grains The UN children's agency, UNICEF, is leading a broader appeal for "an end to global indifference" over the malnutrition from which an estimated 15 million -- about 1.5 million of whom are children -- are suffering in the Sahel region of Africa, which is experiencing its third famine in the last decade as a result of drought, high food prices and regional conflict. The violence in Syria is drawing media attention away from the crisis, said Antonio Guterres, UN high commissioner for refugees. Google/Agence France-Presse (4/10), The Boston Globe/The Associated Press (tiered subscription model) (4/10)      Syria peace plan still alive, insists Annan  UN fund announces family planning summit  Eco-sculptures show greening of Mexico City  Honduras wracked by murder, violence  Career Center  UN Foundation, Devex team up on Rio+Solutions  From Florida elementary to Global Classrooms  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Climate and Energy | Peace and Security | Poll | Spotlight: UNA-USA Why do we need #Rioplus20 conference? Sustainable energy transforms lives, economies and the planet. http://j.mp/xwbfgb #futurewewant" @unfoundation "Barely a day after sending his condolences to Malawians on the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is reportedly on his own deathbed. A cable released by WikiLeaks recently noted that Mugabe was suffering from cancer and that his doctor had advised him to retire in 2008." UN Dispatch Syria peace plan still alive, insists Annan Violence in Syria still could subside by Thursday morning despite the failure yesterday of the government to withdraw troops and weaponry from population centers in accordance with a United Nations-brokered peace plan, said Kofi Annan, UN-Arab League envoy to the country. "The plan is very much alive," said Annan as pressure rose on Russia to back stronger international action. "If you were to take it off the table, what would you replace it with?" BBC (4/11), Bloomberg (4/10), The Christian Science Monitor (4/10)        UN alarmed by surge in Mali sexual violence The United Nations special representative on sexual violence in conflict, Margot Wallstrom, condemned on Tuesday the rise in public rapes in the northern territories of Mali now under the control of Tuareg rebels. The UN Security Council called for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" by rebel groups in the country's north, an area larger than France. UN News Centre (4/10), New England Cable News (Boston)/The Associated Press (4/10)      Other News UN seen as threat by U.S. conservative talk radio hosts The Huffington Post (4/9)      Envoy to Libya cuts visit short after bomb hurled at UN convoy United Press International (4/10)      "Love hotels" to ease Rio+20 bed shortage BBC (4/11)      UN fund announces family planning summit Plans are afoot for a summit in London next July to raise funds for improved global access to voluntary methods of family planning, including contraceptives, information, supplies and services, writes Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the UN Population Fund. An estimated 215 million women in the developing world lack modern contraceptives, resulting in unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions and more than 100,000 maternal deaths. The Huffington Post (4/9)      G8 pushed to do more to ensure food security A new report by ONE Campaign encourages the Group of Eight world's largest economies to do more to support investments in agriculture in 30 countries in Africa, Asia and Central America in order to alleviate hunger and malnutrition among an estimated 50 million people. This year's G8 summit is being held next month at Camp David. Reuters (4/10)      Other News Nigerian states seek law mandating polio vaccinations AlertNet (4/10)      World Bank must expand focus to climate change, Ocampo says The Washington Post (4/10)      Eco-sculptures show greening of Mexico City Vertical gardens are helping to transform notoriously polluted Mexico City into a leader in reduced levels of ozone, and other pollution, in the developing world. Citizen-driven efforts, such as eco-sculptures, are combining with government policies that, since the 1980s, have shuttered toxic factories and expanded bicycle and public transportation. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (4/9)      Other News Disputed South China Sea fishing rights stoke China, Philippine standoff The Wall Street Journal (4/10)      Honduras wracked by murder, violence The murder rate in Honduras is unmatched by any other country, and some 20 times higher than that of the United States, according to the United Nations. A photo essay depicts the toll. 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UN Foundation, Devex team up on Rio+Solutions In advance of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, the UN Foundation and Devex are teaming up to bring a range of voices from thinkers and practitioners in the area of sustainability. Articles will appear on the Devex website, and readers can share their thoughts on the site or via social media. Devex.com (4/10)      From Florida elementary to Global Classrooms Students from Lee Elementary Magnet School in Tampa Bay, Florida, were among the youngest to take part on Tuesday in the Global Classrooms program the nonprofit United Nations Association of the United States of America. "I like it because it's invigorating," said 9-year-old Francis McRae, a fourth-grader, whose mother, Danielle, said she likes it because "it makes them see outside their own little circle." Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Fla.) 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