IMF urges policy caution for vulnerable Africa
Johannesburg – African countries have to walk the tightrope as they contemplate economic reform at a time of worsening hunger... Read more
15 Sep, 2022
UN humanitarian chief says ‘famine at the door’ in Somalia
Nairobi – The UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned on Monday that Somalia was on the brink of famine... Read more
5 Sep, 2022
‘Why are we being ignored’ – plead the hungry in Ethiopia’s Afar
Erebti – From a makeshift camp in Ethiopia’s Afar region for people displaced by war, herder Abdu Robso stares... Read more
3 Aug, 2022
UN warns of ‘alarming rise’ of hunger in Sudan
Khartoum – Political and economic turmoil have helped drive a third of Sudan’s population towards life-threatening food shortages, and... Read more
17 Jun, 2022
Hunger claims children in forgotten corner of Uganda
Karamoja – In one of Uganda’s poorest and most lawless regions, anxious mothers clutch bone-thin infants in a malnutrition... Read more
14 Jun, 2022
At least 20 million risk starvation as Horn of Africa drought worsens, UN says
Nairobi – Twenty million people are at risk of starvation this year as delayed rains worsen an already brutal... Read more
19 Apr, 2022
Hunger crisis across Africa ‘going unnoticed’, says Red Cross
Nairobi – The International Committee of the Red Cross warned on Tuesday that a major hunger crisis in Africa... Read more
5 Apr, 2022
Ethiopia declares ‘indefinite humanitarian truce’
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s government on Thursday declared “an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately”, saying it hoped to help... Read more
25 Mar, 2022
Tunisians snub poll on reforms as economic crisis bites
Tunis – Tunisian President Kais Saied, who last year grabbed power in what critics labelled a coup, has now... Read more
18 Mar, 2022
Ukraine invasion sparks fears of hunger in eastern DRC
Bukavu – Rising prices for food, sent soaring by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are stoking fears of hunger and... Read more
17 Mar, 2022
