A total of 2.61 million people or 27% of the population in rural Zimbabwe are facing severe food shortages, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has said. In ... Read more »
Spotlight has produced When Kids Go Hungry, a six-part series looking at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown on the nutritional status of children in South Africa. It ... Read more »
According to the UN World Food Programme, the world has been put on a heightened famine alert with a new report by two United Nations agencies that contains a stark warning; four ... Read more »
One in four children under five years old is stunted, Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi said at the national nutrition symposium in Nairobi. According to the ... Read more »
The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) is marking the decade-long Feed the Future campaign, which enables partner organisations to target the root causes of ... Read more »
According to new data from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), more than 535,500 children under the age of five suffer from acute malnutrition. Of them, some 156,500 children are ... Read more »
The Covid-19 pandemic is exposing how Southern Africa's overreliance on high-cost imported seeds and fertilisers, and a lack of state investment in climate-resilient farming, are ... Read more »
Over 20,000 children have been forced to turn to illegal vending to supplement family incomes as Zimbabwe's economic situation continues to worsen, according to an assessment ... Read more »
Although Covid-19 could set back efforts to eliminate extreme poverty across the globe by anything between three and 10 years, there are signs of hope. The latest update of an ... Read more »
Young people are often missing from leadership positions because of they lack experience, but members of Natiira Ateni Self Help group in Kenya's Turkana County changed this ... Read more »
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