#TheNiles weekly wrap-up: Issue #77, July 30, 2014 IN FOCUS: - TopicsExpress



          

#TheNiles weekly wrap-up: Issue #77, July 30, 2014 IN FOCUS: #FoodCrisis #أزمة_الغذاء Some 3.5 million in #SouthSudan, or one in three people, face an acute lack of food, the United Nations says. A widespread #Famine is looming after violence disrupted farming and food prices soar. In #Sudan, food is scarce in Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and some eastern parts. But with fertile soil and water access, both Sudans are potential bread baskets. The Niles correspondents from across the region spoke to farmers, firms, governments, NGOs and the people about the crisis and the future. *** Guns or food? #KAMPALA - South Sudanese starve while the government buys arms for one billion US dollars. That steep bill would practically cover the US$ 1.3 billion gap that humanitarian agencies say is needed to avert the widespread famine caused by the conflict: theniles.org/articles/?id=2375 *** Eastern Sudan develops appetite for seafood #PORTSUDAN - People in eastern Sudan are increasingly eating seafood, a trend that could make them less dependent on volatile food imports. Freelance correspondent Abdalhadi Al-Hag reports: theniles.org/articles/?id=2382 *** Kiir vows to end economic dependence #JUBA – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir says liberating South Sudan from economic dependence is the most pressing war the country has to fight. Gurtong’s Waakhe Simon Wudu has the details: theniles.org/articles/?id=2381 *** ‘Agriculture is our backbone’ #YEI - ‘Zira’, a song by the JJ D Musika group, encourages people to embark on agriculture. Freelance correspondent Ochan Hannington spoke with the head of the group, Juma Jero, about ‘Zira’ and the group’s motivation to produce the song: theniles.org/articles/?id=2377 *** The Niles is an online publication by MICT, , produced in partnership with the German Foreign Office. Join us on Facebook: and on Twitter: .
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:19:02 +0000

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