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An Ethiopian mother and her child are two of the over 4.5 million Ethiopians suffering from severe food shortages in August 2008. A combination of drought and escalating food prices has left 4.6 million people urgently in need of food in Ethiopia. Around 759,000 of these are children under the age of five, a group which is particularly vulnerable to effects of malnutrition such as weight loss and disease. (Copyright: Frederic Courbet, PANOS/Save the Children)
 Ethiopia's Hunger
759,000 children under the age of 5 face severe malnutrition. See how Save the Children is responding 
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Reuters
+ Malawi bans Chinese milk product imports
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:44:28
Source: Reuters>
+ CONGO DR: A Little New Light (Dungu)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:58:00
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+ UGANDA: New centre to boost paediatric HIV care
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:37:49
Source: IRIN>
+ AFRICA: 'Sexually-transmitted grades' kills quality education
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:20:49
Source: IRIN>
+ UGANDA: Children eke out a living on the streets
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:19:32
Source: IRIN>