U.N. officials on Monday asked for $6 billion for Sudan this year from donors to help ease what they called the world's worst ...
Rome & Nairobi — Nearly one in 11 people in the world and one in five people in Africa go hungry every day, a crisis primarily driven by chronic inequality, climate change, conflict and economic ...
Feziwe Ndawayana and Siviwe Mafuna, two students who are on hunger strike at Wits University, appeal to Higher Education ...
THE United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called on African leaders to make bold investments to address ...
Analysis - The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) lost three of its founding members on 29 January 2025. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger comprised 16% of the bloc's population of 424 ...
As Africa’s leaders gather in Addis Ababa this weekend for the African Union summit, the continent is engulfed in an escalating security crisis. It’s a crisis that barely breaks the surface of ...
The civil war in Sudan has created the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”, the African Union has warned.
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Hunger rises as food aid falls
Research reveals that democratic governments are better equipped to handle sudden drops in food aid, highlighting the importance of democracy in maintaining food security.
In the wake of the devastating floods that hit Borno State in September 2024, the African Development Bank has contributed $1 ...
This week, we discuss how the African Union can assist with a International Crisis Group expert and address humanitarian risks with a UNICEF worker. The city of Goma, capital of the North Kivu ...