Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Seed Sovereignty Is Under Threat - and With It, the Legacy of Land Reform

On the African continent, the question of sovereignty is not a populist watchword. It is the defining question of the moment. Read more »

Sudan: 'Worse to Come' in Sudan As Famine Spreads and War Continues

As the war grinds on well past 1,000 days, famine grips more and more areas in what is already the country with high levels of hunger. Read more »

Tanzania: Mviwata's 30th AGM - Forging a Stronger Farmers' Movement in Tanzania

The Annual General Meeting of the organization brought together hundreds of farmers in dialogue about the situation facing farmers in Tanzania and how to continue fighting… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's High Court Rules in Favor of Smallholder Farmers and Indigenous Seeds

The landmark ruling secures farmers' right to save, share, and exchange indigenous seeds, by decriminalizing it and safeguarding traditional farming heritage. Read more »

Burkina Faso: Blandine Sankara - 'Agroecology Is a Form of Resistance and Decolonization'

Founded by Thomas Sankara's sister, Yelemani Association inspires the fight against desertification in Burkina Faso. Read more »

Burkina Faso: Agricultural Offensive - How Burkina Faso Is Moving Towards Self-Sufficiency in Food Production

The government of Ibrahim Traoré seeks to reduce dependence on imports in a country where 80% of the population are farmers. Read more »

Nigeria: World Bank Acknowledges Poverty Increase in Nigeria, but Doubles Down On the Reforms Causing It

Acknowledging that the implementation of its reforms coincided with an increase in poverty, the World Bank nevertheless calls on Nigeria to stay the course. Read more »

Sudan: Famine, Cholera, and Ethnic Massacres Loom Large Over North Darfur's Besieged Capital

About 260,000 civilians, half of them children, are trapped in the besieged city, cut off from food, water, and medical supplies by an advancing paramilitary, notorious for ethnic… Read more »