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Farmer Takesure Chimbu combs through dry stover, salvaged from a failed maize crop which he hopes to save and feed to his livestock, which will have minimal pastures this year because of the El-Nino induced drought, in Mudzi on July 2, 2024. (NJIKIZANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Drought leaves Zimbabwe’s Kapotesa dam dry, villagers struggle for survival

In the Mudzi district, cases of malnutrition have increased by 20 percent over the past three months

Children are being deprived not only of education, but also nutrition. Governments and the international community must secure these inalienable rights.

Children’s education in sub-Saharan Africa cannot wait

Children are being deprived not only of education, but also nutrition. Governments and the international community must secure these inalienable rights

People wait in line to receive food at a food bank on April 28, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Food banks around the nation have witnessed a surge in clients as millions of Americans have either lost jobs or seen a decline in income due to the continued closure of businesses and economic life because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

How to report on humanitarian crises: A guide for Western journalists

The world has become a more complicated place — that doesn’t mean your reporting has to be.

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Xaba packs, and unpacks, help

The dancer has first-hand experience of what well-meaning assistance often demands from the recipient making a compelling case for a new show

Julius Malema handed out food parcels to poor voters when he was the leader of the AC Youth League. Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has found this an abuse of state funds.

Voters condemn food parcels during election campaigns

A large section of the electorate feels handouts are tantamount to vote buying – except for the perception that the practice is not that effective.

Ellena Baziliyo and her daughters.

Malawi drought: “I’m pregnant, but I’ve got nothing to eat.”

Some rain has fallen yet crop yields are still expected to be poor, but aid programmes have opened the door to a more sustainable future.

The OPCW says there is a total of 20 sites to be visited in Syria.

Horrific scale of hunger cries out for action

Poor nutrition not only costs individuals dearly by stunting their potential, but the country too.

Zimbabwe’s embattled NGO sector feels pinch

Charitable bodies are reeling from the global financial crisis as donor aid slows to a trickle.

UN cuts food aid for one million Zimbabweans

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

Trickle of aid brings some hope to desperate CAR

Refugees at the Bangui airport camp gained some respite in the form of food, buckets and tarpaulins after supplies were cut off for three weeks.

Reports say food aid only reaches Zanu-PF supporters

Independent surveys have revealed partisan distribution of food relief in Zimbabwe, where more than 2.2-million people are urgently in need of food.

Grassroots shift reaps resilient crop

Grassroots shift reaps resilient crop

Finance institutions and aid groups have begun changing their focus in Africa to smaller-scale systems that help to make farmers more independent.

Red Cross banned from al-Shabaab controlled areas in Somalia

Red Cross banned from al-Shabaab controlled areas in Somalia

Al-Shabaab’s ban on one of the few agencies still operating in Somalia could deprive hundreds of thousands of people of critical food aid.

Africa can feed itself — and it should

Africa can feed itself — and it should

The opportunities are there and leaders must work together to make them bear fruit.

Millions of lives threatened in the Horn of Africa

Millions of lives threatened in the Horn of Africa

Across the Horn of Africa, a fierce drought is forcing more than 10-million people to rely on emergency food aid, up from a forecast of six-million.

Minister: North Korea pleading for food aid

North Korea has stepped up calls for international food aid amid shortages caused by its economic mismanagement and military spending.

Hand out food or leave, Somali insurgents tell agencies

Hardline Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia told international aid agencies on Tuesday to hand out all the food in their warehouses, or leave.

Confident Tsvangirai believes in deal

Zimbabwe’s prime minister designate says he does not trust Robert Mugabe but believes he is committed to their new power-sharing deal.

Swazis may face even worse food crisis

What happens to a nation whose people depend on the largesse of international donor agencies for their existence, once support is withdrawn?

Millions in Horn of Africa face food disaster

Nearly 15-million people in the Horn of Africa region are facing a humanitarian disaster unless donors urgently release funds to deliver supplies.