Africa

=HAWK'S EYE ON AFRICA=


 * The Week of September 15, 2008

By Caroline

UN to suspend food aid in Darfur**

The global food crisis in Africa is one of the major crisis occurring in Africa everyday. The UN has been supplying the people of Darfur and surrounding areas with food for five years now and the UN is considering holding back the food supply in parts of Darfur because of security issues. The crime has become so bad that 43 drivers and 69 trucks are currently missing because of attacks by armed groups. The UN cannot keep aid workers there when the crime has become this bad. Although if we pull out now, this time of the year is known as the “hunger-gap”, which is the worst time of the year. It is known as the worst time because harvests grown last year has gone bad and the new harvests are not yet ready to be brought to the people. The attacks have increased recently because the UN cut back of the amount of food that was being delivered in May. With the attacks increasing, the UN does not have enough aid to go in and deliver the amount of food that is need. The issue being addressed in this article is the global food crisis and the crime in Sudan.According to the UN World Food Programme, hunger is their number one concern currently. They have reached out and helped 87.8 million people in 78 countries. The object of the UN is to improve the nutrition and quality of life for the people they help around the world. The UN has chosen to help Sudan because it is a low-income food deficit country. There are 36.9 million people living there and the expected age of death is 58.9 for women and 56 for men because of the health these people are in. The people here need our help or the expected age of death will continue to lower and more and more will begin to die. They need our help because they are unable to do it on their own and this ongoing conflict has caused severe problems in their trade and markets. If the UN puts a hault on the food supply, especially during this time (hunger-gap), it will cause million of people to starve.

“UN to suspend food aid in Darfur”. BBC: Africa News. September 8, 2008. .

Additional Information: http://www.wfp.org/food_aid/introduction/index.asp?section=12&sub_section=1


 * By Ellie

Darfur** The government in Darfur launched attacks on two rebel groups in Africa. They used the way of air attacking making the civilians flee the area. The villages that were attacked consisted off Tarny, Khazan Tungur and areas of North Darfur. The fighting has been going on early Saturday morning and that along with the air attacks they were also backed up with ground bombing. Ibrahim Al-Hillo, a commander accused the government of indiscriminately attacking these villages. Other Commander said that many civilians were fleeing the area and that this government has been bombing these villages for days. The International peacekeeping representatives are investigating the reports on the bombing. The African Union United Nations chief negotiator says that he is “ concerned” and that all military activities should be ceased.

Works Cited Henshaw, Amber." Sudanese Bombing in Darfur."World News.13 September 2008.BBC News. 15 September 2008.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7614524.stm