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Malawi’s aid vacuum draws new actors
As Western donors pull back and food insecurity deepens in the landlocked south-eastern African nation, the rise of a UK-registered Islamic charity is exposing both the necessity…
Malawi’s election is one of survival
The country has a collapsing currency and public sector, widespread hunger and corruption linked to the police, military and presidency
The heavens weep as humanity watches Sudan starve
The skies over Sudan are pregnant with the promise of rain, but for millions, this is not a promise of life, but a chilling harbinger of death. The guns have fallen silent only…
Displaced again: People flee fear, hunger as violence grips eastern DRC
Urgent diplomatic interventions are needed as the second largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo falls to M23
‘Rebels’ should give up hope of ruling Sudan, says RSF adviser
US peace talks to end the 16-month war in the country have yielded no concrete results
Sudan civil war fuels sexual violence and humanitarian crisis
Both sides are accused of war crimes, and millions of people have been displaced and face famine in 14 areas of civil war in the country
Climate crisis pushes Malawi food farmers into starvation
The devastation of Cyclone Freddy, which Storm Ana and Cyclone Gombe, is being exacerbated by the drought brought on by El Niño
Cabo Delgado’s hungry refugees are running out of places to run
Insurgents have moved into villages that used to be safe, forcing people to flee. That instability is driving widespread hunger
Going hungry or going green? A critical look at the ‘Green Revolution’ project in Africa
Food security discourse remains in strong support of development and food aid, which has almost certainly undermined the stability of local agricultural markets in Africa
Ethiopia detains 72 World Food Programme drivers
A United Nations spokesperson said the latest detentions had occurred in the capital of Afar province, on the only functional road leading into famine-threatened Tigray.
Most South Africans in Afghanistan have been evacuated
‘The Taliban also registered the serial numbers of their weapons and just asked them not to move around in the streets while armed but stay within the compound until everything…
Record 45mn need urgent food aid in Southern Africa — UN
Roughly 45-million people in southern Africa are in urgent need of food aid as a result of drought, flooding and economic hardship, the UN said Thursday. “This hunger crisis is…
Farming in South Africa is under threat from climate change. Here’s how
The impact of climate change on agriculture and food production is clear: the sector will suffer. Here’s what needs to be done
Hunger, death and safer births in cash-strapped Zimbabwe
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
Cyclone Kenneth made landfall late Thursday in Cabo Delgado province, packing wind gusts of up to 220 kilometres per hour