Africa
Inter-Agency Standing Committee Says Famine Affecting 7.1 Million People Imminent in Somalia
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), a United Nations forum which includes the International Committee of the Red Cross, issued a statement last week indicating that up to 7.1 Million people will be affected by famine in parts of Somalia. In a statement on September 5, 2022, the IASC indicat...
Niger and Sahel use Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration Increase Yields to Improve Food Security
As described in this recent National Geographic article (see link below), farmers in Niger let cut trees regrow in their fields, leading to improved crop yields from retained soil moisture and fertilization by fallen leaves. Improved crop yields can improve food security. Over the past 35 years N...
Hunger in Niger
Niger is one of the countries within the Sahel region on the southern border of the great Sahara Desert in West Africa. Niger rests directly north of Nigeria, and is home to over 24 million people. As the country enters April which this year is the month of Ramadan, it is sobering to observe the...
SAHEL Will Need Help as Famine is Coming
In this Newsweek Opinion piece, William Lambers reports how 35 million people will have virtually no food to eat in the coming lean season....
HUNGER HOTSPOTS ACROSS THE GLOBE
This is a view of the most urgent hunger hotspots around the world. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) used by the United Nations and International Aid Agencies consists of five levels of severity for food insecurity as follows: 1. Minimal - Acceptable 2. Stressed - Alert 3. ...
Locusts Add to World Hunger in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and South Asia 2021
Original Contribution by Sharmin Sultana Seeing a locust, one cannot imagine that a harmless member of the grasshopper family can become one of the world’s most devastating pests. Yet, in 2020, within just a few months locust swarms destroyed more than 1.2 million hectares (ha) of cr...
Ethiopia’s Man-Made Famine
Alex de Waal, well known author on humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa, explains why and how the current famine in Tigray region in Ethiopia has occurred. ...
Make it look good - How perception adjustment for local foods can impact malnutrition in Nigeria
Increasing children's interest in eating local and traditional foods can increase their overall nutrition and health...
‘On bad days, we don’t eat’: Hunger grows for thousands displaced by conflict in Chad
The number of people having to leave their homes in the Lake Chad region of central Africa has more than doubled over the past year with agencies warning they are struggling to feed people....
In Africa, 64% more people became food-insecure in last five years: Report
Some 64 per cent more people in Africa became food-insecure between 2016 and 2020, with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic expected to make matters worse, according to a recently released report....
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