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Hunger, death and safer births in cash-strapped Zimbabwe

Africa Marko Phiri - 30 Aug 2019

Find out how countries around the world are getting mothers to book in for better births starting right here close to home

Aid agencies rush to bring aid to Mozambique cyclone survivors

Africa Gregory Walton - 30 Apr 2019

Cyclone Kenneth made landfall late Thursday in Cabo Delgado province, packing wind gusts of up to 220 kilometres per hour

SA will have to produce 50% more food by 2050 or face crisis — WWF report

Article Duncan Alfreds - 20 Feb 2019

South Africa faces an impending food security crisis if there isn't urgent action to correct unsustainable practices

$290m shortfall in Zimbabwe drought aid

Article Staff Reporter - 11 May 2016

Drought in Southern Africa now affects approximately half of Zimbabwe's population in rural areas.

Sub-Saharan Africans worst affected by undernourishment

Africa Staff Reporter - 30 Oct 2014

Africa is lagging behind in tackling hunger with reports showing that over 25% of Africa’s population suffer from acute undernourishment.

UN cuts food aid for one million Zimbabweans

Africa Sapa Afp - 14 Jan 2014

Around a million poor Zimbabweans face hunger after the UN World Food Programme announced it was cutting food rations due to a cash crunch.

UN pushes Syria on humanitarian mission

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Apr 2012

The UN hopes to get permission from the Syrian government to send more aid workers to help at least 1-million people in need of urgent assistance.

Zim could be months away from a food shortage

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Nov 2011

The UN World Food Programme has warned Zimbabwe is months away from a food shortage, which could see over a million people unable to feed themselves.

Red tape delays UN relief to Horn of Africa

Africa Peter Martell - 27 Jul 2011

The WFP's first delivery of aid to Somalia was delayed due to bureaucratic hurdles in Kenya -- slowing relief efforts for millions hit by drought.

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