Millions of Africans at risk due to misspent aid, group warns
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A leading aid group has warned that millions of Africans are at risk of starving due to misspent emergency assistance by Western governments.
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Africa's debt must be completely written  off if the continent is to have a chance of meeting  international goals on reducing poverty, a United Nations body  argued on Thursday.
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More than a million new jobs are being lost every year to HIV/Aids, the International Labour Organization reveals.
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A new humanitarian catastrophe like the one in Darfur could hit Chad, UK aid agency Oxfam warns.
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Asia-Pacific risks an AIDS crisis similar in scale to Africa's unless governments across the region step up efforts to combat the spread of the disease, the United Nations is warning.
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Conflicts have cost Africa $300bn over 15 years, equivalent to aid received in that period, a report says.
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American economist Jeffrey Sachs has a novel way to tackle African poverty: Shower more aid on the world's poorest continent.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World powers on Friday pledged $60 billion to fight AIDS and other diseases ravaging Africa but development campaigners complained the Group of Eight had offered little fresh cash for the poor.
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Emergency aid to Africa has more than tripled in recent years, but more than 120 million people still live "on the edge of emergency" because of a lack of long-term solutions, CARE international said on Tuesday.
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Â· Security council demands support for governmentÂ· 200,000 refugees are at risk, warn aid agencies
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The move that could potentially affect tens of thousands of AIDS patients in poor countries who have only recently entered treatment.
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Up to 500,000 people in Kenya will need aid in the weeks ahead if the political crisis intensifies, the UN says.
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The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria urged donors on Friday to pay up what they have pledged by the end of next month or risk seeing the United States cut short its contribution.
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Wealthy countries need to do much more to fight global poverty, the international aid agency Oxfam says.
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Hundreds of thousands of people are desperately looking for food and shelter across many African countries, as record floods and fresh downpours continue to hamper relief efforts on Sunday.
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International aid officials and development experts are voicing concern that the outpouring of generosity from the world's governments may deplete resources for other pressing needs in much poorer countries.
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Millions of desperately poor workers, particularly women, will lose their jobs next year following the lifting of a global system of textile and clothing tariffs, a leading aid agency warned.