In this fact sheet, we will look at the history of hunger in Africa and current trends, review the unique characteristics and challenges of each of the five subregions, discuss why hunger is so persistent on the continent, and touch on some of the solutions that are making a difference.
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The ballots are being counted in public - in full view of the party agents - in the country's 6,000 polling stations. Seven presidential candidates are vying to replace Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who is stepping down after serving two terms. ...
Sierra Leoneans go to the polls on 11 August having the second lowest standard of living in the world, according to UN Human Development Report. Of the country’s some six million people, nearly 2.5 million have no access to clean water and even fewer have access to electricity. An estimated 1.5 mi...
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Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has said its fighters will remain in hiding even if a peace deal with the government is reached, unless indictments against several of its leaders are lifted. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has indicted five LRA commanders, including the group's...
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The spread of Aids is slowing down in some parts of Africa, a World Bank report has suggested.Urban areas in Rwanda, Zambia and Ethiopia were singled out as places where infection rates were lowering.The World Bank's Miriam Schneidman told the BBC that Rwanda had done an "exceptional job" in recogni...
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Senegal’s leading film maker and author Ousmane Sembène, who was a staunch critic of Africans taking aid from the West, is dead. His films and books often touched on issues of colonialism and Western racism but his subject always focused on what Africans need to do for themselves. “The on...
(Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007) Overall press freedom in much of sub-Saharan Africa declined in 2006, particularly in the Horn of Africa as well as East Africa, according to Freedom of the Press 2007, released today by Freedom House. However, there were noticeable improvements in the legal environme...
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