In this fact sheet, we will look at the history of hunger in Africa and current trends, review the unique characteristics and challenges of each of the five subregions, discuss why hunger is so persistent on the continent, and touch on some of the solutions that are making a difference.
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Mark Snelling is a member of the British Red Cross Society's Emergency Response Unit in Niger. He has been keeping a diary for the BBC News website....
A huge majority of Uganda's voters - 92.5% - has supported restoring multi-party politics.However, the turnout from Thursday's referendum was rather low with about 47% of people voting....
RUMBEK, Sudan -- Bakic Magol, a boy of 10, wakes each day on a straw mat in a field of muscular, speckled cattle. Powerful horns tower above him; mounds of steaming dung surround his bare feet. ...
(Asmara, July 27, 2005) Of all the natural disasters that strike communities and environments, a drought can be the most devastating. If it develops into a full-blown famine or forces people to leave their homes or become dependent on external food a...
Six years after a return to civilian rule, Nigeria's police still routinely torture detainees, a new report says. The study, carried out by the Human Rights Watch group, is entitled "Rest in Pieces - Police Torture and Deaths in Custody in Nigeria"....
United Nations Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) (Mbabane July 28, 2005) Swaziland is in the grip of another food crisis but farmers say they cannot plant more maize, the country's staple food, as it is not profitab...
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