Feed the world? Band Aid 25 years on - Africa, World - The Independent
The Independent reports: "It was meant to be the song that changed the world. Only it didn't. Twenty-five years on, famine stalks Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa again. As The Independent on Sunday reported in August, millions of people in the Horn of Africa are facing malnutrition and starvation in the worst food shortages since 1984."

Hunger Warning Unit Sees 1.6 Million Zimbabweans at Risk Through End-2009 | Food and Agriculture | Zimbabwe
VOA News reports: "About 1.6 million people in Zimbabwe risk going hungry and will need food assistance between now and the end of the year, the US based Famine Early Warning Systems Network said in a new food security assessment conducted in September."

Comment: As I depart for my Thanksgiving holiday I wanted to leave you with these two reports that underscore the need that exists in Africa. The first report dispels the notion that famine in Africa was solved in the 1980s with the Band Aid effort and the second report notes fears of a looming famine in Zimbabwe. As Americans gather to give thanks for their bounty we would do well to remember those less fortunate.