Central Africa: Deepening Hunger Crisis Looms in West and Central Africa - UN

A senior researcher for the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) says West Africa is experiencing a severe food and nutrition crisis, and insufficient funding is worsening… Read more »

Ethiopia: 'WFP's Operations Are at Breaking Point' - Hundreds of Thousands Will Suffer

Ethiopia is facing a deteriorating humanitarian crisis, with the World Food Programme (WFP) warning of rising hunger and malnutrition as a funding shortfall forces the UN to cut… Read more »

Africa: 'Cost of Inaction Against Malnutrition Is High'

The organizers and participants of the global conference on nutrition in Paris, Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2025, have called on governments and other stakeholders… Read more »

Africa: Is Crop Diversity Our Lifeline Against The Climate Crisis?

Crop diversity presents an opportunity to address some of the most pressing issues Africa faces today, such as climate impacts, biodiversity loss, and land degradation. Read more »

Kenya: Unjust Laws Threaten Traditional Seed Practices

In the past decade, Francis Ngiri has taken pride in conserving seeds - a responsibility he holds dear. Read more »

Kenya: Sowing Seeds of Change on Rocky Land - A Farmer's Inspiring Journey

"Initially, we believed nothing could come from this rocky land, but now we're successfully growing crops and preserving our seeds in a community seed bank."  Read more »

Africa: The 'Forgotten Crops' that Can Save Our Food System

Neglected crops are among the underappreciated solutions for alleviating Africa's food and climate crises. Read more »

Nigeria: Actress Turns Spotlight on Nigeria's Nutrition Crisis

"I want to leave a legacy of having to be someone who championed good causes." Read more »

Africa: Despite Pandemic Setbacks, WHO Vows Continued Fight for Global Immunization

World Immunization Week celebrates a remarkable milestone - 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). This global initiative has been instrumental in saving… Read more »

Rwanda: Primed to Accelerate the Reduction of Malnutrition in Rwanda

In my 40 years of working on malnutrition reduction around the world I have rarely seen more promising conditions for rapid malnutrition reduction than in Rwanda, right now. Read more »

Africa: Are We Truly Adding Value to Our Foods?

Earlier this year, a new US$20M potato chip production line opened in Ethiopia with an annual capacity of 25,000 tonnes — 250 billion more chips coming to… Read more »

Africa: 'Smallholder Farmers Don't Need Help, They Need Equitable Share of Investment'

The Africa Food Systems Forum 2023 (AFSF) ended with calls for concerted efforts to scale up the transformation of food systems across the continent with equitable investments… Read more »

Africa: The Gender Nutrition Gap - A Looming Crisis #WD2023

In Africa, the fight against malnutrition and food insecurity has long been a pressing issue. But while significant progress has been made, a glaring disparity persists - the… Read more »

Africa: Africa Must Embrace New Tech in Agriculture to Overcome Climate Crisis

The agricultural sector should embrace new technologies to overcome climate change-related challenges, panellists including Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Mozambique's… Read more »

Africa: Agroecology Giving Farmers an Edge in the Face of Climate Change #AfricaClimateHope

Africa has long suffered the devastating impacts of climate change, despite contributing little to the climate crisis, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture… Read more »

East Africa: Climate Crisis in the Greater Horn of Africa is Biggest Health Threat Causing Disease Outbreaks #AfricaClimateCrisis

The link between the climate crisis and global health has become clearer with every extreme weather event, with the number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health… Read more »

Africa: Negotiators at COP27 Wrangle Over Loss and Damage and Fossil Fuel Phase Out #AfricaClimateCrisis

On Gender Day African Development Bank Rallies Global Support for Women to Build Climate Resilience Read more »

Somalia: More Than Half a Million Children Face Catastrophic Hunger

The number of Somalia's youngest children – those aged under five – expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition has leapt from nearly 400,000 to more than half a… Read more »

Africa: Strengthening Nutrition Resilience and Food Security on the African Continent

In February of this year, African leaders launched the African Year of Nutrition. However, as the year has unfolded, the outlook for nutrition on the continent has been… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Climate Crisis Could Leave You Jobless, Sick, and Hungry - and Foment Conflict

We all need to eat, but the global climate crisis is putting food production at risk. Due to the intense heat, harsh weather, and droughts, yield growth for wheat, maize, and other… Read more »

Kenya: Decline in Livestock Prices, Rise in Food Prices Haunt Kenyans #AfricaClimateCrisis

The National Drought Management Authority reports that the drought condition in the country has continued to deteriorate as several parts of the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs)… Read more »

Africa: Could Turning Urine into Fertiliser Make Farming More Sustainable? #AfricaClimateHope

Do you know that instead of flushing urine down our toilets to wastewater treatment facilities, it could be recycled and used as fertiliser? Read more »

Africa: How Sweet Potato is Preventing the Global Wheat Crisis from Taking Root in Africa

Long before the Ukraine conflict began and sent wheat futures spiralling, scientists in Africa were experimenting with an alternative ingredient for baked goods: orange fleshed… Read more »

Malawi: Poor Pushed to Brink of Hunger in Malawi, UN Agency Warns

Soaring food prices, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, are pushing poor people to the brink of hunger in Malawi, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. Read more »

Africa: Ending Global Hunger Should Be at the Top of the Women's Rights Agenda

Today is International Women's Day, a day dedicated to the millions of women working in their countries and communities to make the world a better place for all. It is on this day… Read more »