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    FACT SHEET: Africa

    Africa Facts and Statistics

    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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    Test Your Knowledge!

    Hunger Quiz: Africa

    Are you ready to challenge your understanding and make a real impact? Each completed quiz doesn’t just boost your awareness—it also translates into tangible aid for those in need. As you uncover surprising truths about hunger in Africa, Hunger Notes will make a donation to organizations responding to hunger.

     

    Africa Hunger in the News

    Read the latest news and analysis about Africa and food insecurity below.

A portion of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta from the air. Over the past 150 years, human engineering has vastly changed the delta. Photo: KQED

Troubled delta system is California’s water battleground

by Erica Goode New York Times June 24, 2015

BYRON, Calif. — Fighting over water is a tradition in California, but nowhere are the lines of dispute more sharply drawn than here in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a 720,000-acre network of islands and canals that is the hub of the state’s w...

The technology that could revolutionize the war on hunger

by Terrence McCoy Washington Post June 17, 2015

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Why does almost half of America’s food go to waste?

by Allison Aubrey PBS Newshour June 16, 2015

JUDY WOODRUFF: Next, we launch an occasional series we are calling Food, Glorious food, reports about what we eat, how our food is grown, and the economics of putting a meal on the table.Tonight, we begin with food waste. Much of what is grown on Ame...

Dante Washington is shown in shadow of his old, semi-blighted neighborhood in East Baltimore, during July 2014. He defied the statistics of a 25-year-long research project that was turned into a book “The Long Shadow,” which centers on children growing up in poverty -stricken areas of the city. (Linda Davidson/The Washington Post)

Researchers: Five ignored factors affect outcomes for poor children. Paper argues that child-rearing style, single parenthood, shift work, lack of health care and lead pull down scores.

by Lyndsey Layton Washington Post June 10, 2015

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Picking peas should bring a better life

by Rosa Martinez as told to David Bacon New American Media June 3, 2015

I'm Triqui, from Rio Venado in Oaxaca. I've been here 7 years, working in the fields all the time. Right now I'm picking peas. Other times in the year I work in the broccoli. ...

Triqui farmworkers struggle to survive and organize in California

by David Bacon New American Media June 3, 2015

Pedro Alvarez was born in the Triqui-speaking town of Santa Cruz Rio Venado in Oaxaca, and came to the U.S. in 1985, after his father was murdered. He was one of the first Triquis to migrate to the U.S., and today is a respected elder of a community ...

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