President Muhammadu Buhari's administration has come in for strong criticism for continuing the school feeding scheme even though schools have been closed as COVID-19 spreads ... Read more »

allAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo spoke with Jane Battersby, an Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town's African Centre for Cities, on the need to address malnutrition in ... Read more »

Zimbabwe is one of 10 countries where fewer than 20% of children receive a minimally adequate diet, further compromising their lifelong quality of life, according to the latest ... Read more »

The World Food Programme has classified Zimbabwe as one of 18 countries in the world that will likely be worse off once the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic loosens its grip on ... Read more »

A mystery disease has hit bananas in Uganda's western region and has spread to 11 districts. The disease, which agricultural experts have not defined, was first reported ast year ... Read more »

Zimbabwe's thermal power plant in Hwange was knocked off line because of local flooding which also damaged homes and crops. The southern African country has been experiencing power ... Read more »

Southern Africa is in the throes of a climate emergency, with hunger levels in the region on a previously unseen scale, the UN's World Food Programme has warned, adding that the ... Read more »

The Competition Tribunal has taken a closer look at supermarket chains Shoprite, Pick n Pay, Woolworths and Spar, ordering them to immediately stop their entrenched use of ... Read more »

At least 61% of students attending public schools have been turned away from classes for non-payment of fees despite government's directive not to send learners away, the Zimbabwe ... Read more »

A total of 1 062 674 people, out of the total estimated Malawi rural population of 14 747 257 will not be able to meet their annual food requirements during the 2019/20 consumption ... Read more »