The Swiss Peace Foundation does not monitor currencies at risk
as stated in “Countdown to crisis”
(27 October, p 10).
It uses the “conflict carrying capacity” index along with conventional country
information and their own field reporting system to monitor conflict in a range
of countries, including central Asia.
Also, it was stated in the feature “Desert harvest”
(27 October, p 44)
that the UN Environment Programme claims that 900 million Africans face
starvation. In fact, this is the figure for the world as a whole, not just Africa.
