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Brussels, 25/04/2012): As the European Commission is given an opportunity to revise the EU’s biofuels targets in 2012, a new ActionAid report reveals that the EU continues to ignore that its biofuels policies are driving up global food prices and pushing people in poor countries off their land.

For immediate release 13 March 2012: As the drought in West Africa’s Sahel region deepens, ActionAid has warned that popular holiday destination The Gambia is also facing severe food shortages as crops have failed.

ActionAid is planning to provide temporary shelters and repair damaged schools, health centres and homes in Mozambique where fierce storms have killed 25 people and left tens of thousands homeless.

Marking two years since Haiti’s devastating earthquake which killed around 220,000 and left 1.5 million people homeless, 7,500 people will next week march through the centre of Port au Prince to demand access to land and adequate housing.

The U.S. and developing nations locked horns on climate finance U.N. talks in Durban Tuesday, casting doubt over the summit’s ability to reach agreement on a fund that will channel up to $100 billion annually by 2020 to help poor nations deal with climate change.