France appeared to aver dictator Muammar Gadaffi's denunciation of a "new feudalism" represented by land grabs by third countries in Africa. South Korea has 1.7 million acres for wheat in Sudan; the United Arab Emirates is also a landlord in the Sudan.

As the number of chronically hungry people tops one billion, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is calling on ordinary citizens to mobilize through the "Billion for a Billion" campaign to end hunger.

Cardinal Napier fears that the FAO does not realize what are the real problems Africans face with regard to nutrition. He also expressed concern over decriminalization of prostitution requested by FIFA - the world soccer organization.

The United Nations today took a step towards helping the billion people around the world suffering from hunger achieve access to adequate food with the publication of a 'how-to' guide providing the tools for governments, institutions and civil society to assert this basic human right

In his message for World Food Day, Benedict XVI highlights the need for agriculture to receive a sufficient level of investments, urging the international community to intervene in its favour in an appropriate and determined way.

Severe food shortages continue to affect millions of hungry people in Kenya while refugees pour in from neighbouring countries and United Nations agencies brace the population for expected floods, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today.