Africa
Somalia: ‘People are dying of hunger…there’s no water’
Over six million people are in need of food assistance -- more than half the country's population -- according to recent figures from the UN. But even inside the camps, food is scarce....
Drought brings savage halt to nomadic way of life in Somalia – in pictures
A third consecutive year of failed rains has laid waste to livestock and threatened a centuries-old tradition of pastoral farming, wi...
Why The Famine In South Sudan Keeps Getting Worse
At the same time that people are starving, fighting has turned parts of the country into no-go zones for relief agencies....
Last time I got food, armed men took everything’: famine in South Sudan
For some time now, aid has been the only way for people to survive here. But over the past year, even that lifeline has almost dried up. Across all of South Sudan, 4.9 million people are severely food insecure....
Famine ‘largest humanitarian crisis in history of UN’
The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the United Nations was founded in 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries at risk of starvation and famine, the UN humanitarian chief has said...
Nigeria Update: Although assistance provision is increasing, extreme levels of food insecurity persist in the northeast
Much of northeastern Nigeria will remain in at least Crisis (IPC Phase 3) through September 2017 as conflict continues to severely restrict food availability and access for millions. Worst-affected accessible LGAs are facing Emergency (IPC Phase 4) acute food insecurity with an increased risk of hig...
Kenyan closure of Dadaab refugee camp blocked by high court
The High Court in Kenya has blocked the government's bid to close the largest refugee camp in the world. A directive to shut the Dadaab camp and forcibly repatriate about 260,000 Somali refugees living there was issued last year....
Fall Armyworm ‘Threatens African Farmers’ Livelihoods’
Scientists are calling for urgent action to halt the spread of a pest that is destroying maize crops and spreading rapidly across Africa. The Food and Agriculture Organization plans emergency talks on the issue....
Starvation looms for six million children in Horn of Africa, charity says
Hunger, malnutrition and death threaten 6.5 million children in the impoverished drylands of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya due to back-to-back droughts, according to a statement by the charity Save the Children. Spring rains are also predicted to be poor....
For Africa’s farmers it’s government, not big business, that is key
Africa’s agriculture sector is on the up, but African farmers still produce far less food per hectare than the world average. Panelists at a Guardian public debate agreed that government, not corporate, leadership is the critical input that agricultural sectors need to develop....
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