Where’s the export cap on Saudi star and Karuturi? | ‘Land grab’ deals review
Owner of Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, the Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire Sheikh Mohammed al- Amoudi, had been in Abobo Woreda, Gambella on February 11/2011. That is where the company leased 10,000 Hectare land and expected to fully cover it with rice by 2012. Speaking to the media, on the occasion, Al-Amoudi dismissed those who are … Read more
Horn Of Africa: “5 Million Driven Into Hunger” | World Food Programme
The number of hungry people in the Horn of Africa is growing and WFP aims to assist 5.2 million people as drought, rising food and fuel prices and conflict take their toll, said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran in a statement released on Saturday. The number of hungry people in the Horn of Africa is … Read more
UNICEF needs US$57.4 mil for Ethiopian children, women – $11 mil less than 2010
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) UNICEF requested US$57,416,000 for Humanitarian works in Ethiopia of 2011. The finance is needed ‘to respond to the needs of more than 7 million people, including 6 million children’, according to the report, titled ’2011 ‘UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children building resilience’ published last Month. Though the funding requirement US$11 … Read more
