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Studies Reveal Hunger Crisis in Malawi Despite Large Harvests
Feb 11, 2009 (Voice of America)

Afghanistan: Food insecurity, the problem that never went away
Feb 10, 2009 (EurasiaNet via ReliefWeb)

As the Obama administration prepares to send additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, ActionAid says additional investment in needed in the country's agriculture sector.

Biofuels: how green is the green gold rush in Senegal?
Feb 9, 2009 (Cafebabel.com)

ActionAid is working to evaluate the impact of agro fuel production on food safety in Senegal.

Unemployment, stress: Kashmir youth switch to intoxication
Feb 5, 2009 (IndianExpress.com)

ActionAid study finds that nearly half of the unemployed youth in Kashmir is seeking solace in toxic substances in a bid toovercome stress and anxiety caused by not being able to earn a livelihood.

EU proposes tens of billions in aid to help poor nations meet climate change targets
Jan 29, 2009 (Los Angeles Times)

The European Union promised billions of dollars in aid to the world's poorest nations on Wednesday to entice them to sign a new global climate change pact.

UN chief warns of food shortages in poor countries
Jan 27, 2009 (Internatinal Herald Tribune)

Ban Ki Moon, the secretary general of the United Nations, said Tuesday that the global economic crisis would raise already "intolerable" levels of world hunger, even though the high food prices that prompted riots in developing countries last year had eased.

ActionAid plans relief and recovery work in Gaza
Jan 23, 2009 (Relief Web)

ActionAid is aiming to spend up to £1 million on a program of relief and recovery work in Gaza, using funds raised by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). The DEC launched an appeal yesterday to help thousands of people whose lives have been shattered by the recent conflict.

Nigeria: Poverty Eradication - Group Launches Country Strategy Plan
Jan 21, 2009 (The Day via allAfrica.com)

ActionAid Nigeria launches the second phase of its campaign to address the crushing impact of poverty on ordinary Nigerians. The new strategy paper “Fighting Poverty in the Midst of Plenty II'” restates ActionAid’s commitment to the fight against poverty and injustice in the country through accountability, learning and a planning system.

Workshop on Access to Information Underway
Jan 20, 2009 (Ghana News)

ActionAid helps organize two-day workshop on Access to Information in Accra, Ghana. During the workshop participants call on countries in West African to institutionalize legislations enacted on ATI to make it effective and efficient.

INDIA/PAKISTAN: Kashmir Jittery Over Prospect of War
Jan 19, 2009 (australia.to)

ActionAid and other NGO’s are urging India and Pakistan to work towards de-escalating tension and peace-building, as tension between the neighbors rise.

Liberia: Rape, Gender Violence the Norm in Post-War Liberia
Jan 16, 2009 (allAfrica.com)

Violence and rape against Liberian women persists and continues to go unchecked, ActionAid warns. Rape is currently the most serious crime plaguing Liberia, with an average of eight cases reported per week.

Call to ban use of cluster munitions, land mines
Jan 14, 2009 (KashmirWatch.com)

ActionAid organizes a demonstration aimed at getting India and Pakistan to sign and ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions and the Ottawa Treaty on anti-personnel mines. Children become the victims of cluster munitions and landmines, as seen in the wars in Laos, Vietnam and Lebanon.

Congo-Kinshasa: Talks Resume
Jan 14, 2009 (allafrica.com)

Continuing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has forced international humanitarian agencies to suspend their relief operation due to the violence. ActionAid has been working in the war-torn country to get food supplies and emergency relief items to displaced people.

ActionAid Calls for Proper Resource Utilization
Jan 14, 2009 (Daily Triumph)

Nigerians continue to wallow in poverty despite its resources, and unless there is proper utilization of the country’s natural resources, the fight against poverty will remain a mirage, ActionAid warns.

Zimbabwe government fears cholera might worsen as rainy season peaks
Jan 7, 2009 (Canada Free Press)

ActionAid warns that the Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic will worsen as the rainy season progresses and sewage enters watercourses.

Alternate site enrages slum dwellers, activists
Jan 7, 2009 (expressindia.com)

ActionAid is opposing a decision that would mean more than 200 families staying in Macchipir Indira Society of Maninagar must to shift to Piplag for an alternative rehabilitation to make way for another infrastructure development project of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

Social stigma, ignorance still plague HIV-positive people
Jan 6, 2009 (The Wall Street Journal via livemint.com)

ActionAid and other NGOs push for open HIV and AIDS dialogue to generate greater awareness, as well as for additional financial assistance to combat the disease.

Manicaland HIV/AIDS Patients Fail to Access Drugs
Jan 5, 2009 (The Zimbabwean)

ActionAid has found that people living with HIV in Nyanga and Rusape have gone for more than three years on cotrimoxazole tablets only because they can not access Antiretroviral medication.

Credit squeeze will hit poor nations
Jan 4, 2009 (The Observer via guardian.co.uk)

Over the next year, developing countries face the threat of a financial drought as rich governments corral the funds of their battered banks for borrowers back home. ActionAid believes this scenario could hamper developing countries battle against poverty.