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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Rwanda is the most improved sub-Saharan nation according to a survey looking at performances over the past five years. The Ibrahim Index, financed by Sudanese mobile phone magnate Mo Ibrahim, names Mauritius as the best-governed and Somalia as the worst-governed state. ...
In Katanga slum in Kampala, a visit to a public convenience is a luxury which comes at a price. Next to a makeshift shebeen where men drink ajono, the local liquor, there's an equally makeshift papyrus structure leaning against a tree. ...
(September 18, 2007) A U.S. Army captain in Africa waxes philosophical. It's like the old saying, he opines; "give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day, teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever." Is he talking about skills-building, or community empowerment? No: Captain Joseph Cruz goes from cha...
Before even a single ballot in the presidential poll had been cast, the governing party was complaining of rigging. On election day itself the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) accused the police of bias. ...
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Two opposition candidates in Sierra Leone have formed an alliance for the second round of presidential elections. With almost all the votes counted, All People's Congress leader Ernest Bai Koroma is in the lead with 44%. ...
When residents of Mathare slum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi staged a recent protest over a five-day water shortage, the police moved to break the demonstration, firing teargas and arresting some of the protestors. The 31 July police action in Bondeni area, however, did not address the cause o...
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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