Africa

New World Food Programme Director says “Not on my watch”

by Helen Murphy Devex Newswire July 21, 2023

Cindy McCain, the new Director of WFP, says she will not let the widespread  corruption of food aid take place in the future.  Recently arrived, Ms. McCain, has had to shut down food programs in Ethiopia over the widespread misuse of food aid resources by local authorities....

In extraordinary move, USAID suspends all food aid to Ethiopia

by Obi Anyadike The New Humanitarian June 10, 2023

In an extraordinary move, USAID has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia countrywide due to widespread and systemic corruption by federal and local authorities.  The World Food Programme Director and Deputy Director have both stepped down from their positions....

The Razor’s Edge: Embezzlement, Corruption and Development in Ethiopia, a Novel (2022)

by WHES board - S Hansch April 23, 2023

For anyone interested in learning what development work overseas entails and what work is like, there may be no better introduction than Robert Gurevich’s novel, The Razor’s Edge.  Thinly modeled on his own experiences in Africa, with his protagonist, writing in the first person...

WHO Reports 43,000 excess deaths in Somalia, in 2022, due to Drought

by WHO Media World Health Organization March 21, 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported the results of a retrospective study commissioned by both their WHO-Somalia office and Unicef's Somalia office.  The study,  conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Imperial College-London, used  statistical modeling to dete...

“Love and Liberation” Captures Voices of Local Aid Workers in Famine Zone

by February 22, 2023

Lauren Carruth's important 2021 book, Love and Liberation - Humanitarian Work in Ethiopia's Somali Region (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press) fills a gap in the literature about aid programs by listening to the perspectives of those personnel delivering aid o...

US Ambassador to the UN warns of famine in Somalia

by Staff at AllAfrica.com AllAfrica.com January 31, 2023

Linda Thomas Greenfield, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, gave a speech on January 29th in Mogadishu announcing $41 million for famine prevention in Somalia and urged other nations to join in assisting Somalia fight famine....

Hunger Hotspots: Sahel Countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

by January 24, 2023

In this update from Reliefweb, the coming Spring will also bring acute severe malnutrition in the Sahel, focused in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. In addition to conflict in these countries, it is projected that approximately 7.5 million people will be in the stage 3 hunger category (IPC classificati...

Mapping Conflict and Food Insecurity in Africa

by African Center for Strategic Studies https://africacenter.org/spotlight/conflict-remains-the-dominant-driver-of-africas-spiraling-food-crisis/ January 19, 2023

This is a very interesting info-graphic presenting how conflict drives food insecurity in Africa.  It shows that 111 million people who are experiencing food crises are in countries suffering from conflict....

Article Link: In Baidoa, Somalis live at the epicenter of drought, hunger and conflict

by Jason Beaubien NPR News December 18, 2022

From NPR News by Jason Beaubien: In Baidoa, Somalis live at the epicenter of drought, hunger and conflict Displaced people in Somalia are facing increasing hunger after years of drought and war as aid agencies struggle to help....

OXFAM warns that current famine in Horn of Africa will kill a person every 36 seconds.

by OXFAM OXFAM International October 14, 2022

In a press release of October 14,  2022 Oxfam has sent a warning that from now until the end of the year, the current famine in the Horn of Africa will cause hunger related deaths equivalent to a rate of one person dying every 36 seconds. OXFAM reiterated  that this famine is worse than the fam...

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