Famine spreading in Sudan’s Darfur, UN-backed experts warn
Port Sudan – Famine is spreading in Sudan’s western Darfur region, UN-backed experts warned on Thursday, as a grinding... Read more
6 Feb
Famine in Gaza: what next for South Africa’s genocide case against Israel
In October 2024, about 50 people, including Koebra Najjar and Erika Mohr-Holland (pictured above), gathered outside the Western Cape High Court... Read more
2 Sep, 2025
Drought pushes 26 million southern Africans into food insecurity
Johannesburg – A historic drought across southern Africa has pushed 26 million people into food insecurity, the United Nations... Read more
5 Dec, 2024
Malawi president vows to tackle fuel crisis, hunger and violence
Lilongwe – Malawi’s president Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday announced measures to tackle a fuel crisis and hunger, while condemning... Read more
28 Nov, 2024
Nigeria borrows $134m to boost farms as famine looms
Lagos – Nigeria has secured a 134-million-dollar (127-million-euro) loan to invest in farming, the government said Thursday, as Africa’s... Read more
15 Nov, 2024
WFP calls for full access to Sudan amid looming famine
Port Sudan – The World Food Programme has called on the warring parties in Sudan’s conflict to grant full... Read more
28 Oct, 2024
‘We are starving’: Malawi villagers cook toxic yams to survive drought
Salima – In the worst drought in southern Africa in a century, villagers in Malawi are digging for potentially... Read more
10 Sep, 2024
No oil, no food: Damaged pipeline piles misery on South Sudan
South Sudan – At 75, Galiche Buwa has lived through civil wars, famine and natural disasters, but the South... Read more
9 Jul, 2024
Sudan committee says ‘up to 100’ killed in village attack
Sudan – A village in Sudan had been attacked by paramilitary forces, as reported by a Sudanese pro-democracy activists’ committee.... Read more
6 Jun, 2024
Ethiopia dismisses claims Tigray on brink of famine
The Ethiopian government on Saturday dismissed warnings by the Tigray authorities that the war-ravaged region was on the brink... Read more
31 Dec, 2023
