Save the Children has warning that the international community is repeating the failures that led to the deaths of over a quarter of a million people in 2011. Read more »
Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan are three of the four countries in need of the U.S. $4 billion aid appeal launched in February by the U.N. What do these countries have in common? ... Read more »
With lots of time on his hands and not much to do, former president Yayha Jammeh apparently plans to get his hands dirty by farming full-time. Read more »
The United Nations Children's agency has said that at least 1.4 million children are at imminent risk of dying from severe malnutrition this year as famine looms across Nigeria, ... Read more »
The event was organized by a church group in Lusaka to cushion the effects of a drought that has caused a sharp rise in food prices in a nation where poverty is already rampant. Read more »
Almost 13 million people across the Horn of Africa need aid due to drought and the UN has warned the crisis will worsen if spring rains fail as predicted. Read more »
The Conversation Africa's Samantha Spooner asked Grace Villamor about her research on gender-specific responses by farmers in Benin. Read more »
The death toll announcement comes days after the government declared the drought a national disaster - threatening the Horn of Africa nation with full-blown famine. Read more »
President Mohamed Abdullahi Famaarjo has appealed to the international community to urgently respond to the calamity in order to help families and individuals recover from the ... Read more »
More than 20 million people face starvation in four countries and the United Nations says it needs U.S.$4.4 billion by the end of next March to prevent a catastrophe. Read more »
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