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Website
BBC

Bbc: Africa's Permanent Food Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
A BBC report (1/06)on the complex problem of hunger in Africa. The article tells which countries are most affected, gives some reasons for the problem, and ideas of what can be done to alleviate the situation.
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Website
BBC

Bbc: Africa's Famine: Country by Country

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the different countries of Africa and how they are being affected by famine. Click on each of the countries to get information about the famine that is occurring. 11/02
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Website
BBC

Bbc: Africa's Hunger a Systemic Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
A BBC report (1/06) stating that more than half of the countries in Africa are suffering from a severe famine due more to political strife than drought.
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Website
BBC

Bbc: Africa's Food Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth article from BBC (2/06) containing maps, interviews, pictures, and news features about the causes of the African famine, and what can be done about it.
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Lesson Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: Famine in Somalia

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars use a video, handouts, and news sources to explore the crisis in Somalia and examine the factors exacerbating the famine.
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Activity
BBC

Bbc: Cbbc Newsround: Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Choose from many different features like quizzes, diaries, maps, and pictures to see how drought has affected Africa.