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Interview with His Excellency Ambassador Jean Feyder of Luxembourg and the author of “Hunger Kills”

03/16/2012

| Anglais/English/Inglés, Contributing Writers, Diplomatic Pouch

His Excellency is an engaging man. For many years he has been a strong advocate for the least-developed countries. One of the topics that is really close to his heart is the right to food. In this respect, he has been tireless in his efforts, and which now have resulted in a new book entitled “La Faim Tue” (Hunger Kills), published by the prestigious Parisian publishing house L’Harmattan. We will also soon have the pleasure of reading it in…

Hunger Pains: the Impact of Trade on the Global Food Crisis

08/19/2009

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| Anglais/English/Inglés, Health and Well-Being

A collapsed government in Haiti, deadly rioting in Egypt and protests in at least 25 other countries—all resulting from the rising cost of food around the world. A food crisis has emerged rapidly in the last 18-36 months, a crisis quickly threatening to add an additional 100 million to the worlds already 850 million starving. “People are literally dying of hunger,” said Dr. Mohammed Daud Miraki, an expert in International Development and a hopeful in Afghanistan’s 2009 presidential elections….