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 Two Shot in Somalia Food Riots 

Thousands protest over inflation and soaring prices

BBC BBC May 5, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Soldiers shot and killed at least two people in Somalia as thousands rioted over inflation and soaring food prices. A recent rash of counterfeiting has led some merchants to only accept US dollars, instead of local shillings, the BBC reports. In response, angry Somalis threw rocks and burned tires, shouting, "Down with the dollar-receivers." More »

More about:  inflation • Somalia • riots • hunger • food riots • hyper-inflation

Scientists Work on New 'Green Revolution'

Solving food crisis will depend on a steady diet of innovation

LiveScience LiveScience Apr 25, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Food scientists are plotting a new "green revolution" to solve a growing food crisis, LiveScience reports. Facing what a World Food Program official called a “silent tsunami” of world hunger, researchers are working on a sequel to the first "green revolution" of the mid-20th century, whose innovations included the fertilizers, pesticides and better irrigation that helped increase crop yields. More »

 Europe Backtracks on Biofuels 

Environmental concerns put 10% quota on hold

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Apr 19, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The European commission is backing off a proposed 10% biofuels quota as scientists warn that the alternative fuels actually hurt the environment, the Guardian reports. “This is all very sensitive and fast-moving,” said a commission official. “There is now a lot of new evidence on biofuels, and the commission has become a prisoner of this process.” More »

More about:  climate change • energy • food prices • biofuel • consumer prices • European Commission • food riots

 Haitian Senate Sacks
 Prime Minister 

Food riots spark ouster of president's close ally

BBC BBC Apr 13, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid skyrocketing food prices and deadly riots in Haiti, the country's senate has voted to oust Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis. President Rene Preval, who appointed his ally Alexis in 2006 to lead the country's coalition government, must now choose a new cabinet. The vote came in spite of a recently announced 16% drop in the price of rice, BBC reports. More »

More about:  United Nations • food prices • Haiti • food riots • no confidence • Rene Preval

 Haitians Protest as
 Food Prices Soar 

Capital shuts down as mob tries to storm presidential palace

Reuters Reuters Apr 9, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hungry Haitians attacked the presidential palace yesterday, demanding the resignation of President Rene Preval over soaring food prices, Reuters reports. UN peacekeepers fired rubber bullets and tear gas to control the angry mob; a week of protests has killed five people and paralyzed the impoverished capital. “If we are not killed by bullets we'll die of hunger," said one protester. More »

More about:  protests • riots • Haiti • Caribbean • food riots • Rene Preval

 Crisis Looms as Rice Prices Soar

Countries ban exports, chastise hoarders

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Apr 6, 08 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rice feeds half the world's population, but this year there isn't enough to go around and prices have risen by 50% over the last two weeks alone. Population growth is outpacing production, and stocks are at a 30-year low after droughts decimated harvests in China and Australia. Countries are banning rice exports and punishing hoarders to prevent looming food riots, the Guardian reports. More »

More about:  climate change • India • McDonald's • Asia • exports • consumer prices • drought • Bangladesh • rice • food riots • rice prices • wheat prices

World on Brink of Food Crisis

Soaring world food prices spark political unrest

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Nov 4, 07 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Recent food riots and famine warnings in response to soaring world prices for food staples are only a taste of graver problems to come, the Guardian reports. Food price inflation is at record levels, and global food reserves are at their lowest in 25 years, according to a United Nations report. From Russia to Latin America, the threat of food-related political instability is escalating. More »

More about:  biofuel • food shortage • food riots • Food and Agriculture Organization

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