Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,179.80	+109.67	0.73%
S&P 500	1,639.04	+12.31	0.76%
Nasdaq	3,452.13	+28.58	0.83%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,179.80

+109.67

0.73%

S&P 500

1,639.04

+12.31

0.76%

Nasdaq

3,452.13

+28.58

0.83%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,702.69	+35.37	1.33%
FTSE 100	6,330.49	+22.23	0.35%
DAX	8,215.73	+87.77	1.08%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,702.69

+35.37

1.33%

FTSE 100

6,330.49

+22.23

0.35%

DAX

8,215.73

+87.77

1.08%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	12,996.80	-36.29	-0.28%
Hang Seng	21,090.50	-135.37	-0.64%
S&P/ASX 200	4,795.90	-29.98	-0.62%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

12,996.80

-36.29

-0.28%

Hang Seng

21,090.50

-135.37

-0.64%

S&P/ASX 200

4,795.90

-29.98

-0.62%

FAO Asks Oil Exporters to Establish Fund for Sahel Food Crisis

By Robert Mbakou - 2012-04-27T13:34:42Z

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations asked oil-exporting countries to set up a fund to help manage a food crisis in Africa’s Sahel, said Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva.

“We are very concerned about the Sahel because there are already many conflicts in the region,” he said today at a conference in Brazzaville, the capital of Republic of Congo, which he said has given “rigorous support” for the fund plan.

More than 5 million people in Niger are facing food insecurity, along with 3 million in Mali and 1.5 million in Burkina Faso, according to the FAO.

To contact the reporter on this story: Robert Mbakou in Brazzaville via Nairobi at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Antony Sguazzin at asguazzin@bloomberg.net

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