• Somalia: Half of Population Could Go Hungry, UN Warns, allAfrica.com, August 25
• Starvation Ravages East Africa, The Star, August 26
• Africa Wants $67 Billion a Year in Global Warming Funds,  Reuters, August 24

The new IFPRI discussion paper number 873, “Economywide Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa” finds that increasing total irrigated cropland and agricultural productivity can have positive effects that are potentiall

The UN released the 2009 Millennium Development Goals Report in July, which presents an annual assessment of progress towards the goals. Due to the challenges of the past year, including the global economic crisis and climate change, progress towards key goals is likely to be sluggish and even regressive.

The full report is available for download here.

• Transcript from Obama's Address in Ghana, allAfrica.com, July 11
• Africa's Gains Against Poverty 'Wiped Out', allAfrica.com, July 20
• Malawi's Green Revolution: A Case Study on Malawi's Subsidy Programme to Reach Smallholders, The Guardian, July 10

• More Investment in Agricultural Production Won't Cure African Food Crisis, allAfrica.com, May 11
• Africa Not Benefitting from Foreign Land Deals, Reuters, April 28
• Climate Change Could Cut Agricutlural Production in Southern Africa in Half, IPS, April 21