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Monday, January 30, 2006

African hunger

I just read this article about hunger in Africa. Fifty years ago, Africa was self-sustaining through agriculture. Now, not just because of drought but war and corruption and AIDS/HIV, 27 African countries have a hunger crisis.

Very sobering stuff.

1 Comments:

  • It is sobering. I learned the other day that the banana and plantain are not native to Africa, but with their introduction (via India) the population in Africa exploded...

    By Blogger ashleigh, at 8:36 PM  

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