Africa Could Be World's Breadbasket

Africa Could Be World's Breadbasket

A tragedy of far greater proportion than the fall of News International is unfolding on the continent. The East African food crisis is fast becoming the worst in 60 years. "We know from the data that we've been collecting" said Rajiv Shah, the administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), "that this is the worst drought in 60 years and it's going to have severe consequences. Eleven and a half million people are at real risk of malnutrition and famine already."

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