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UN News Service (New York)
15 November 2007
Posted to the web 16 November 2007
http://allafrica.com/stories/200711160005.html
Dakar
Africa's rural poor are facing a "perfect storm" of rising food prices, climate change and population growth, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today, urging the international community to take more concerted action to help the continent's most vulnerable people. Wrapping up a four-day visit to Senegal and Mali, WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran told reporters in Dakar that time was running out to build resilience among the millions of rural Africans who often have to go hungry.