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Friday, 26 September 2014 01:00
North Korea: People living on 250 grams of food per day
Due to drought and sanctions imposed on the Kim regime of North Korea because of the nuclear programme the population is at risk of acute malnutrition. In August the distribution of free food to citizens, which…
Friday, 26 September 2014 01:00
South Sudan: Four million face extreme hunger
Nearly four million people in Christian-majority South Sudan face dangerous levels of hunger after two years of violence, crop failure and disease. Acute malnutrition has doubled since last year. The UN predicted in May that half…
Friday, 26 September 2014 01:00
Yemen: Civil war threatens
In 2011, Yemen ended a 33-year dictatorship in the third successful revolution of the Arab Spring, but reconciliation did not follow revolution. Over the weekend, after a week long siege of the capital, rebels ousted Yemen’s…
Friday, 19 September 2014 01:00
Ukraine crisis: Rebels defiant over new self-rule law
Ukraine's parliament has granted self-rule to parts of eastern regions held by pro-Russian rebels, as well as an amnesty for the fighters themselves. A senior Ukrainian rebel leader has told the BBC that a new law…
Friday, 19 September 2014 01:00
Malta: Traffickers accused of drowning 500 migrants in the Mediterranean
Traffickers are accused of ramming a boat carrying more than 500 migrants sailing from Egypt, causing it to sink in the Mediterranean off the coast of Malta, an inter-governmental agency reports. The account is based on…
Friday, 19 September 2014 01:00
Ukraine crisis: Rebels defiant over new self-rule law
Ukraine's parliament has granted self-rule to parts of eastern regions held by pro-Russian rebels, as well as an amnesty for the fighters themselves. A senior Ukrainian rebel leader has told the BBC that a new law…