January 08, 2008
Liberia: Market Women Help Revive Economy
To the untutored eye of a visitor from elsewhere, the markets in Liberia and many other African countries seem chaotic, noisy, smelly, dirty and often dangerous. Traders and… Read more »
Liberia: Rebuilding Agriculture from Scratch
"Before the War" is a phrase woven into the very fabric of Liberian life, repeated countless times as a way to define how far the country has fallen and its… Read more »
October 17, 2007
Sudan: Food Delivery Drivers Killed in Darfur
Three truck drivers for the World Food Programme (WFP) have been shot dead while working for the United Nations food agency in Darfur, according to a WFP news release issued today. Read more »
September 20, 2007
Ethiopia: UN Report Warns of Food Crisis in Ogaden
Parts of eastern Ethiopia could face a major food crisis if the shortage in the region is not immediately addressed, an inter-agency United Nations report released Wednesday… Read more »
September 07, 2007
Africa: World Bank Hopes to Light Continent
The World Bank hopes to bring affordable and environmentally-friendly lighting products to up to 250 million Africans by the year 2030. Read more »
August 20, 2007
Africa: Care To Quit U.S. Food Aid Program
The aid organization, Care, is withdrawing from U.S. food assistance programs because of inefficiency and the harm the programs do to local efforts to achieve food sufficiency. Read more »
August 06, 2007
Zimbabwe: Protestors Demand Affordable Food
Hundreds of members of a Zimbabwe civic organisation held a peaceful demonstration over food supplies and prices in Sakubva, in the city of Mutare today. Read more »
July 17, 2007
Zimbabwe: U.S. 'Deplores' Mugabe Actions, Offers Food Aid
The United States on Tuesday announced the release of more food aid for Zimbabwe along with strong criticism of President Robert Mugabe's government. Read more »
July 16, 2007
Botswana: Police Arrest Gana and Gwi, Says Rights Group
Botswana police have arrested 21 Gana and Gwi hunter-gatherers for hunting on their ancestral land, says an activist group which campaigns for the rights of indigenous people. Read more »
June 21, 2007
West Africa: Free Trade With U.S. Would Boost Cotton Farmers
Poor West African farmers' incomes could increase by about 5 percent if the United States eliminated its cotton subsidies, according to a new report released today by Oxfam… Read more »
June 14, 2007
Africa: Small-Scale Farming Key to Fighting Poverty, Says Annan
The key to ending poverty in Africa is the development of small-scale farming, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan told a session of the World Economic Forum on Africa on… Read more »
June 13, 2007
Lesotho: Drought Creates Food Crisis
One in five people in Lesotho will face food shortages in the coming year as a result of the most serious drought in the country in 30 years, international agencies have warned. Read more »
April 17, 2007
Ethiopia: After the Flood
It's a long way from Louisiana. But when you stand on the banks of the Dechatu River that runs through the southern Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa, you can feel that this is a… Read more »
February 17, 2007
Ghana: Cocoa Farmers Get a Sweeter Deal With U.S. Chocolate Launch
Divine Chocolate, a fair-trade enterprise partially owned by cocoa farmers in Ghana, launched a new company in the United States on a snowy Valentine’s Day. Read more »
January 31, 2007
Africa: WTO Head Sees Progress on Trade Issues, But Tough Bargaining Lies Ahead
The next six months will be crucial for the efforts of Africa and the rest of the developing world to secure easier access to markets for their products in the industrialized… Read more »
December 13, 2006
Botswana: Community Wins Right to Ancestral Land
A community of Basarwa or San people of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana today won the right to live and hunt on their ancestral land. Read more »
October 30, 2006
Ethiopia: New Film on the Plights of Ethiopian Coffee Growers is Creating a Buzz
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October 26, 2006
Africa: Leadership Prize for Liberian President Is a Challenge to End Hunger
When she walked up the podium on Saturday evening, October 21, 2006 to receive the Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of… Read more »
August 29, 2006
Africa: Building on AGOA for African Agricultural Trade Expansion
On the final day of the annual forum on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) last month, the United States and Rwanda signed a bilateral agreement aimed at increasing trade… Read more »
April 25, 2006
Uganda: Displaced People in the North Struggle for Basic Needs
Caroline Akoko has lived for almost two years at a camp for people fleeing their homes in northern Uganda, where 18 years of war between government forces and a rebel group has… Read more »
March 30, 2006
Nigeria: Obasanjo Says Nigeria 'Vindicated' by Capture of Taylor, Speaks of Health and Agriculture Policies
During a press conference prior to his meeting Wednesday with U.S. President George Bush, Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo read a prepared statement about Charles Taylor, the… Read more »
March 24, 2006
Zambia: Food Program Helps More Get Benefits of HIV Treatment
Scattered wheelbarrows litter the ground outside Kanyama Health Center's anti-retroviral clinic in Lusaka, Zambia. Just beyond them, a long line of patients has formed, each… Read more »
February 03, 2006
South Africa: Mbeki Trumpets 'Age of Hope,' Outlines Steps to End Poverty
President Thabo Mbeki has proclaimed an "Age of Hope" in South Africa, in which economic growth is unparalleled and optimism high. At the same time he acknowledged serious problems… Read more »
October 14, 2005
Niger: Africare Team Reflects on 35 Years of Work in Niger
As Africare celebrates its 35 year anniversary this week, representatives from the group's Niger program came to Washington to discuss the food crisis in the West African nation… Read more »
July 14, 2005
Tanzania: Coffee Producer, Fair Trade Advocate, Has U.S. Roots and Pedigree
Promotion of "fair trade" has become an increasingly important strategy of the campaign to alleviate global poverty. While consumers in developed countries have become more aware… Read more »
