Food Prices: Hunger Strikes
As the sun sets over Nairobi's sprawling Kibera slum, a sweet smell wafts through a small house where Malahasen Juma is cooking dinner for her eight children: a handful of onions, chopped and tossed into a pot of steaming maize porridge and leftover vegetables. Until recently Juma would spice up suppers with beef or fish stews. But not now. "Everything is more expensive," she says. "The children need milk, but I cannot afford that. Meat is a luxury now, not a necessity. We are just living at God's mercy."
Nations:India Somalia Uganda Myanmar China Niger People:Ban Ki-moon Robert Zoellick George W. Bush Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(Time)
2008-06-11
UN: 1 million in Myanmar aren't getting basic aid
More than 1 million people still don't have adequate food, water or shelter a month after a devastating cyclone swept through Myanmar, and the military junta's policies are hindering relief efforts and driving up the cost of aid operations, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Nations:Uganda Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-06-03
Myanmar keeps Suu Kyi detained; aid to continue
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi began a sixth year under detention Wednesday as foreign donors said aid would continue to flow into the military ruled nation to save cyclone victims.
People:Ban Ki-moon Aung San Suu Kyi Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-28
Myanmar extends opposition leader's detention
Myanmar's military junta extended opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's detention by one year Tuesday, ignoring worldwide appeals to free the Nobel laureate who has been detained for more than 12 of the past 18 years.
People:Aung San Suu Kyi Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-27
Junta agreement opens door to more Myanmar aid
Myanmar's junta agreed on Friday to admit cyclone aid workers "regardless of nationalities" to the hardest-hit Irrawaddy Delta, a breakthrough for delivering help to survivors, U.N. officials said.
Nations:Myanmar People:Ban Ki-moon Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-23
Myanmar: 3 days of mourning for cyclone victims
Myanmar's military government has announced a three-day mourning period for victims of Cyclone Nargis beginning Tuesday.
Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-19
Myanmar death toll soars
Diplomats witnessed "huge" devastation in the Irrawaddy delta on Saturday and the toll of dead and missing from the cyclone rose above 133,000 people, making it one of the most damaging to hit Asia.
People:Ban Ki-moon Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-17
UN in dark about Myanmar cyclone disaster needs
The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors' suffering, two weeks after a killer cyclone left up to 2.5 million people destitute.
Nations:Myanmar Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-16
Myanmar junta warns people not to hoard aid
Myanmar's junta warned Thursday that legal action would be taken against people who trade or hoard international aid in the aftermath of this month's devastating cyclone.
Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-15
UN warns of 'second catastrophe' in Myanmar
The United Nations warned Tuesday that Myanmar faced a "second catastrophe" after its devastating cyclone, unless the junta immediately allows massive air and sea deliveries of aid.
People:Ban Ki-moon Condoleezza Rice Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-13
U.S. flight lands in Myanmar as aid trickles in
The first U.S. military aid flight to Myanmar landed in Yangon on Monday but emergency supplies remained at a trickle for 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease in the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta.
Nations:Myanmar People:Ban Ki-moon Gordon Brown George W. Bush Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-12
US airlifts aid to Myanmar, UN urges junta to cooperate
The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who can help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-05-12
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