A report by the Pew Research Center pointed out this week that 12 million people in the Horn of Africa are facing a hunger crisis and nearly a half million children are at risk of dying from malnutrition and disease. On July 20 the United Nations officially declared famine in the region—the first officially declared famine since 1985 and the first significant food crisis in three years.
But this famine has received very little attention in the U.S. mainstream media. In July and August the food crisis has accounted for just 0.7% of the newshole. Year-to-date the crisis registers at just 0.2%.
Food prices are soaring around the world. Few may realize that the Arab uprising in Egypt began over food prices.
Gerald Celente of the Trends Research Institute, whom I have interviewed several times for the paper, predicted that the food riots and rise in oil prices. He blames the monetary policies of the Federal Reserve for creating the jump in commodities:
