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23 Sub-Saharan African Countries Need Food Assistance

In Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone , food assistance will continue to be
needed for internally displaced people and for refugees. The fact that 20 African countries have achieved
triple-digit compound annual growth rates (CAGR) for the period 1998-2003
shows that this phenomenal growth is not just short-lived.

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As a result, the report forecasts a
substantial exportable surplus in South Africa, which will be available to the
deficit countries in the sub-region."
Some countries in western Africa's Sahel area are facing serious food
insecurity because of high prices and shortages of millet in the areas that
were affected by desert locusts and poor rainfall in 2004. "Mauritania has faced several years of drought and poor harvests
and the ability of a large number of people to cope with this situation has
been exhausted. This compares to only 3% penetration of fixed-line
telephony.

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The causes range from civil
strife and war to adverse weather and economic disruption . Increased numbers of people are on the move including returnees to
Southern Sudan and more than 2 million displaced people in Darfur.

More food aid needed
Eritrea remains food insecure due mainly to the impact of successive years
of poor rains."

Food assistance needed in three West African countries
In Cote d'Ivoire, the report says that insecurity, labor shortages and a
growing separation of the northern and southern halves of the country continue
to disrupt agricultural production and marketing.
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In early 2004, the last two countries on the continent, Guinea-Bissau and
Eritrea, launched mobile services.
The mobile market is open to competition in the majority of the countries,
featuring between two and four operators , and it is largely private sector
driven.

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"More food aid pledges are also needed in Ethiopia notwithstanding an
improved harvest late last year, increased food aid deliveries, and the start
of the productive safety net programme," according to the report.52 million tonnes,
representing an improvement of about eight percent on last year and 11 percent
over the previous five-year average . As a
result, "overall prospects for the current season crops are unfavourable.
In neighboring Rwanda, preliminary estimates indicate that about 30 000 tonnes
of food aid will be needed in 2005 .

* The 23 countries facing food emergencies are: Angola, Burundi, Chad,
Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo,
Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea , Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar,
Malawi, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland , Tanzania, Uganda,
and Zimbabwe.

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HIV/AIDS Pandemic Contributes to Food Insecurity

WASHINGTON and ROME, Some 23 countries* in sub-
Saharan Africa will need food assistance in the coming months, according to
the Africa Report, which FAO released today.
In Southern Africa, prolonged dry spells or reduced precipitation in
February undermined crop prospects in several countries, including Namibia,
Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. It is primarily due
to the small number and high cost of fixed-line connections, which seldom
extend beyond the major urban centres.

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The Africa Report is a regional and country-by-country breakdown of crop
prospects and food shortages in sub-Saharan Africa, including expected food
aid requirements. Production
estimates in Burundi indicate a decline of about 5 percent in total food
production leading to a food deficit of 310 000 tonnes in cereal equivalent.

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According to the report additional food aid pledges and
deliveries are urgently needed in view of the lean season, which begins in
June.

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Small farmers growing cash crops are suffering significant income losses and
household food security has been hit by the disruption of livelihoods .
The report offers a wealth of information on the Mobile market, covering:
- Trends
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- Players
- Revenues
- Subscribers
- Prepaid
- Spectrum Auctions
- Developments
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- Infrastructure
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- Paging
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- MMS
- GPRS
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- Bluetooth
- PMR
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- Mobile Satellite Services

Countries covered include: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkino Faso,
Cameroon, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia,
Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius , Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia,
Uganda , Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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In Zimbabwe, the report says a serious two-week dry spell in February is
expected to have serious adverse effects on crop yields.

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Serious food shortages are now reported in several parts of the
country.

HIV/AIDS contributes to state of emergency
According the report, the HIV/AIDS pandemic is a contributing factor to
food insecurity in several countries .
Farmers also faced shortages of fuel, spare parts and draught power. However, developments are still hampered by regulatory environments.

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As early as 2001, Africa became the first
continent as a whole where mobile phones outnumbered fixed telephone lines,
which individually is the case in most African countries now.

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According to the
report, the most affected country is Mauritania, where the food situation
remains critical with thousands of rural households in need of emergency food
assistance. The FAO report warns that renewed
disturbances in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo are a cause for
concern, especially the resettlement of internally displaced people and
returnees who have just arrived.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCH )
Africa's cellular market is the fastest -growing in the world, gaining more
than 50% in 2002, almost 40% in 2003 and more than 40% in the first three
quarters of 2004 alone.researchandmarkets.

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Mobile licences frequently require that operators rely on a fixed network
operator for interconnection, and relatively few countries allow their mobile
operators to operate their own international gateways.com/reports/c14197

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Senior Manager
Research and Markets
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Despite this,
owning a mobile phone remains a luxury afforded by less than 8% of Africa's
840 million people.

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In eastern Africa, the report warns that the food situation in Sudan
remains "very alarming" in several areas, including Darfur and parts of the
south, which have been suffering from conflict, population displacement and
drought. A shortage of top
dressing fertilizer is anticipated to exacerbate the already low productivity.
Central Africa's first season harvest is now complete .

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Food production has been
satisfactory in the south, but remains below average in the north and west .
FAO's Global Information and Early Warning System publishes the Africa
Report three times annually.

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However, the report adds, "better
crops prospects" are seen in much of Angola, northern Zambia, northern Malawi
and northern Mozambique.
The first official forecast of maize output in South Africa, the
subregion's largest producer, is estimated at 10.

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