Africa
‘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....
Tigray could face famine without increased access to region, US aid official says
As the humanitarian crisis continues in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, the US Agency for International Development is warnin...
Conflict in Northern Mozambique emperils food security for 900,000
The escalating violence in the northern provinces of Mozambique has put 900,000 in a food insecure situation....
United Nations Warns 400,000 Yemeni Children at Risk of Starvation
The World Health Organization warned on 12 February, that 400,000 children were at risk of starvation in 2021. This was information from a UN report that indicated that 2.3 million children under 5 years of age would suffer from acute malnutrition while within that number 400,000 would suffer from ...
World Food Programme Makes Agreement with Ethiopia to Access Tigray
Amidst fears of an humanitarian catastrophe, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced it has reached an agreement with the Government of Ethiopia to access the conflicted region of Tigray with food assistance. ...
Conflict Has Put Ethiopia’s Tigray Region on the Verge of Famine
The on-going conflict in Tigray region has put 4.5 million people in the Ethiopian region of Tigray in need of emergency food aid. ...
South Africa: School That Grows Its Own Food Feeds Hundreds Daily
Over 470,000 children at 1,010 Western Cape schools depend on the National School Nutrition Programme for food....
New Assessment Finds that 1.6 million Households are Food Insecure in Liberia
A recent assessment of Liberia’s food security status, dubbed “Liberia Food Security Assessment,” finds that 1.6 million households in the country go to bed without any meal in a day. Three percent of the 1.3 million households, according to the assessment, are severely food insecure and 38 pe...
Burkina Faso Faces Acute Food Security Crisis During Pandemic
In a recent analysis of the food security situation by the United Nations, it was reported on 21 August that 3.3 million people will experience acute food insecurity in Burkina Faso this current "lean season", a 50% rise since March of this year. ...