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About 12,000 members of the Nuer ethnic group in South Sudan have fled to a United Nations camp near the Juba airport. Photo: James Akena/Reuters

South Sudan's deteriorating humanitarian situation IRIN News December 27, 2013 Political fight in South Sudan targets civilians Nicholas Kulish New York Times December 25, 2013 Political strife in South Sudan sets off ethnic violence Isma’il Kushkush New York Times December 25, 2013

Looking beyond food for causes of Cameroon’s malnutrition IRIN News December 18, 2013

 Christians in a camp for internally displaced people on Friday in the airport in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic. Jerome Delay/Associated Press

Crisis in Central African Republic is tougher than France expected Alissa J Rubin New York Times December 13, 2013

Nelson Mandela (1913-2013) People sang songs of struggle outside the home of Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Friday. Photo: New York Times

South Africa still struggling to fulfill Mandela’s hopes and dreams Sudarsan Raghavan Washington Post  December 6, 2013 The speech at the Rivonia Trial that changed history Glenn Frankel Washington Post December 5, 3013

Polio drive to target millions in Horn of Africa IRIN News November 18, 2013   See more nutrition and health stories

 Noura Mint Mourada, now 18, became a slave to a family in Boutilimit, Mauritania, at the age of 4. Photo: Samuel Aranda/ New York Times

Mauritania confronts a long legacy of slavery Adam Nossiter New York Times November 11, 2013 See the section of Hunger Notes special report on Harmful economic systems on Obtaining income. Also see Labor rights for all: The fight against modern-day slavery (opinion)  Nisha Varia Foreign Policy In Focus November 6, 2013

Corruption has diverted funds from already under-funded health facilities. Photo: Laura Lopez Gonzalez/IRIN

Government corruption “cripples” Malawi's health sector IRIN News October 24, 2013 See the section of Hunger Notes special report on Harmful economic systems on Impact on poor people

Students line up for lunch at a school in Engaruka, Tanzania in early September. Opponents of genetically modified crops have made a stand in Africa, and now villages such as Engaruka are squarely in the middle of a global ideological war over agricultural technology. Photo: Sharon Schmickle/Washington Post

Tanzania becomes a battleground in fight over genetically modified crops Sharon Schmickle Washington Post October 7, 2013

Removing agricultural subsidies in Zambia—the way to go?  IRIN News September 30, 2013

 Mathotine Dz'dai, with her orphaned granddaughter, who recently fled clashes in the northeast DRC town of Bavi, in Ituri district. Photo: Richard Pituwa/IRIN

Mathotine Dz'dai, displaced in DRC: “We’re risking death again”  IRIN News September 30, 2013

 The new initiative should allow more transparency in Burkina land transactions.  Photo: Jennifer Lazuta/IRIN

Is land reform working in Burkina Faso? IRIN News September 18, 2013  

Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda  Photo: Nadav Kander/New York Times

The global elite's favorite strongman Jeffrey Gettleman New York Times September 4, 2013 Rwandans now weary of picking up the pieces of Kagame leadership (opinion) Antoine Roger Lokongo Pambazuka News September 5, 2013

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe sworn in as president BBC News August 22, 2013 Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai may be charged for 'judiciary insult' BBC News August 20, 2013 US sanctions on Zimbabwe to remain after 'flawed' poll BBC News August 20, 2013 Zimbabwe's Mugabe should not face sanctions, SADC says BBC News August 19, 2013 Zimbabwe election was 'huge farce'—Morgan Tsvangirai  BBC News August 1, 2013

Zimbabwe's avoidable food crisis: The latest crisis is not a natural disaster, but may be the result of corruption and incompetence Forum for African Investigative Reporters Pambazuka News August 7, 2013  

The cost of hunger in Swaziland IRIN News August 1, 2013 See full report (68 page PDF)

A rebel group in the Central African Republic has been accused of looting, abducting, raping and killing since a coup in March. Photo: Jacob Zocherman/New York Times 

Violent and chaotic, Central African Republic lurches toward a crisis Adam Nosssiter New York Times August 8, 2013  

Mali's aid problem  IRIN News August 5, 2013 As oil-rich Chad splashes the cash it must beware white elephant projects. Ten years after Chad's oil came onstream, large infrastructure projects disguise a country failing to fruitfully invest its revenue Celeste Hicks The Guardian August 5, 2013 See more on development aid

Education is one of the two most important services discussed by participants in the research. In Uganda, rural communities described large, overcrowded classes without teachers, furniture and teaching materials. Photograph: Alamy/Guardian 

Wellbeing of the poor has deteriorated over past 15 years, Cafod says. Research from four countries reveals the worst situations of poverty are caused by a complex web of old and new issues including gender inequality, rapid changes in crop prices, and environmental degradation.  Mark Tran The Guardian July 29, 2013

The Socfin palm oil nursery near Sahn Malen, Sierra Leone. A Christian Aid report has criticised land deals in Sierra Leone for not benefiting locals. Photo: Christian Aid  

Sierra Leone's smallholder farmers 'worse off' after large land deals. Push to lure foreign investors has led to a rise in social problems, sparking fears of a return to conflict, NGO warns Mark Tran Guardian July 26, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger  More on land deals in developing countries from The Guardian and the Oakland Institute.

The conflict has injured hundreds and affected tens of thousands many of whom are hiding in the bush without access to food. Photo: Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin/IRIN

Briefing: Why the violence in South Sudan's Jonglei State IRIN News July 25, 2013 Food fears for tens of thousands in Jonglei  IRIN News July 23, 2013

Drones in Niger reflect new US tack on terrorism Eric Schmitt New York Times July 10, 2013

Countering the policies of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), which promotes the use of genetically modified (GM) crops revolution IRIN News July 8, 2013 See more on development aid

Nigerians protesting the looting of their pension funds by corrupt government officials. Photo: AFP

Letter from Africa: The looting of Nigeria's pension funds BBC News June 28, 2013 See Hunger Notes fact sheet Harmful economic systems/obtaining income

Two Ivorians, considered to be middle class by the African Development Bank, tell the BBC's Tamasin Ford how they survive on between $2  and $20 a day.  Konan Kouassi Vercruysses (left), 26, runs a phone booth with his cousin. He works five-hour shifts, six days a week and attends university. Kouadio Koffi, 29, is a security guard who shares a one-room house with his cousin. He works 12-hour night shifts, six days a week.

What is middle class in Ivory Coast? Tasmin Ford BBC News June 25, 2013  See Hunger Notes special report World hunger photos and stories

Africa rising—but who benefits? Alexis Akwagyiram BBC Africa June 18, 2013

Kenyan MPs agree to lower salaries after public outcry BBC News June 12, 2013 See Hunger Notes fact sheet Harmful economic systems/reducing harm

Ethiopia recently started diverting the Blue Nile. The river is a tributary of the Nile, on which Egypt is heavily dependent..  Photo:AFP

Egyptian warning over Ethiopian Nile dam BBC June 10, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Environment and Hunger

Musah Razark Adams, 13, (r) shows the sling shot that he uses to hit birds with when he works in a local rice field. Adams and his brother, Seidu, 15, (l) work to so that they can pay for school materials and levies. Photo: Albert Oppong-Ansah/IPS 

Dreams of education fly away for Ghana's working kids Albert Oppong-Ansah Inter Press Service May 30, 2013 Also see World hunger pictures and stories

Promising African development fund collapses Barry Meier and Ron Nixon New York Times May 30, 2013   See Hunger Notes special report on development assistance

US firm forced to delay $350 million Cameroon plantation project Yuh Timchia Africa Review May 22, 2013  See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger

The UN's top humanitarian aid official, Valerie Amos, said the refugees were forced to live in terrible conditions and faced chronic food shortages. As many as 1.4 million remain homeless after the decade-long conflict in Darfur Photo: AFP

Darfur conflict displaces 300,000 in five months, UN says BBC News  May 23, 2013

Kofi Annan: Africa plundered by secret mining deals BBC News May 10, 2013  See Africa Progress Report 2013

Women and children in front of burned houses in Baga, Nigeria, after as many as 200 civilians were killed in an assault that survivors blamed on soldiers. Photo: Agence France-Presse — Getty Images  

Massacre in Nigeria spurs outcry over military tactics Adam Nossiter New York Times April 29, 2013

2010-2012 Somalia famine 'killed 260,000 people' BBC News May 2, 2013

Pentagon deploys small number of troops to war-torn Mali Craig Whitlock Washington Post April 30, 2013

Donald R. Hopkins: Guinea Worm Slayer: Dr. Donald R. Hopkins reflects on how the prejudice he experienced growing up in the American South helped him communicate with the rural villages most affected by Guinea worm disease. Photo: New York Times

Another scourge in his sights: guinea worm Donald G McNeil Jr New York Times April 22, 2013 See more nutrition and health stories

President is said to flee as rebels seize capital of the the Central African Republic Adam Nossiter New York Times March 24, 2013

Rosalie Rabodozafy stands in her family’s flourishing rice field. Sambiana, her village, was selectied as one of 14 Millennium Villages, where it was hoped that that a large injection of public investment and foreign aid could boost household incomes, improving savings and local investment.  Now the foreign aid is coming to an end.  Photo: Andreea Câmpeanu/IRIN

Madagascar's Millennium Village goes it alone IRIN News March 22, 2013

Arrests, intimidation and no new Zimbabwe Nyarai Mudimu  Inter Press Service March 21, 2013  

Drone base in Niger gives US a strategic foothold in West Africa Craig Whitlock Washington Post March 21, 2013 At Pentagon, ‘pivot to Asia’ becomes ‘shift to Africa’ Craig Whitlock Washington Post March 14, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on foreign aid

Kickbacks, graft and tax evasion found sapping billions from Africa Patrick McGroarty Wall Street Journal March 12, 2013

In Africa, corruption dirties the water Kenneth Odiwuor IRIN News March 14, 2013

Supporting agricultural in ecologically fragile zones is key to people having enough income, thereby reducing the need for humanitarian aid. Photo: Anna Jefferys/IRIN

The annual large request for humanitarian assistance in the Sahel is a clear sign that development there is not working IRIN News March 4, 2013  Understanding resilience Jaspreet Kindra IRIN News March 4, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on  foreign assistance 

John Kerry releases $250m in US aid to Egypt as reward for political reforms. Aid package is first part of US and IMF assistance meant to encourage Egyptian government's commitment to democracy  Associated Press The Guardian March 3, 2013 Under Egypt's political unrest seethes the rising anger of the poor. Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood often seem to be without answers on the battered economy, and analysts wonder whether a new revolution will rise from the slums. Jeffrey Fleishman Los Angeles Times February 2, 2013

Farm workers remove weeds from young plants at the palm oil plantation owned by Karuturi Global, near the town of Bako, in Ethiopia. Photograph: Jose Cendon/Getty Images

Indian investors are forcing Ethiopians off their land. Thousands of Ethiopians are being relocated or have already fled as their land is sold off to foreign investors without their consent. John Vidal The Guardian February 6, 2013 See report See Hunger Notes special report on trade and hunger

Militant threats test role of a US command in Africa Eric Schmitt New York Times February 11, 2013  US will establish base for drones in North Africa Eric Schmitt New York Times January 28, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on foreign assistance

Corruption feeds on Zimbabwe's poor IRIN News February 1, 2013  

 Clearing a rainforest in Cameroon for palm oil plantation. Opponents say the costs outweigh benefits.  Photo: Courtesy David Hoyle/WWF

Cameroon: Campaigners oppose industrial palm oil plantations  IRIN News December 14, 2012 Curbing Tanzania's land-grabbing race Orton Kiishweko Inter Press Service December 19, 2012 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger 

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