Food Shortages Result in Major Riots
Filed under: Africa, Food, World News — Michael van der Galien on April 15, 2008 @ 4:55 pm CEST
CNN reports that “[r]iots from Haiti to Bangladesh to Egypt over the soaring costs of basic foods have brought the issue to a boiling point and catapulted it to the forefront of the world’s attention.” Jeffrey Sachs, director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute said: “This is the world’s big story.” On “Good Morning America” Sachs explained: “The finance ministers were in shock, almost in panic this weekend. There are riots all over the world in the poor countries … and, of course, our own poor are feeling it in the United States.” (more…)
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