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DRC: Violence forcing North Kivu civilians out of homes
KINSHASA Wednesday, July 01, 2009 (IRIN) - Continuing clashes between armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have forced civilians to abandon their homes in North Kivu and affected aid operations, a UN official said. -
GLOBAL: El Niño an early warning for food security
JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, July 01, 2009 (IRIN) - Rising sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean herald El Niño, which could disrupt the rains in major cereal producing regions, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned. -
ZIMBABWE: No winds of change at the Grain Marketing Board
HARARE Wednesday, July 01, 2009 (IRIN) - The Zimbabwean government has announced new measures to boost local cereal purchases through its crisis-ridden Grain Marketing Board (GMB), but farmers are not convinced the plan will work. -
AFRICA: Helping small farmers feed a continent
DAKAR Wednesday, July 01, 2009 (IRIN) - As an African Union summit on agricultural investments opens in Libya, donors and non-profits are calling participants' attention to the role smallholder farmers – mostly women – can have in feeding their communities.
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