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Sudan is a nation ravaged by internal strife, a battleground where the spoils are power and the currency is human suffering. Photo: Michael Kappeler/Getty Images
AFRICAN UNION

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…

  • Lindani Zungu
5 min read
Today, up to 811-million people suffer from hunger. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
COVID 19

A sustainable approach to ending hunger

Financial investments and high-tech measures aimed at increasing farm productivity and cutting food waste can solve chronic global hunger by 2030

  • Maximo Torero
5 min read
Bring women farmers to the food security table
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION

‘Put farmers at the heart of food systems’ to feed the world

The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s QU Dongyu says food systems have to be transformed to make them more resilient and inclusive.

  • Tunicia Phillips
3 min read
Food poisoning results in illness and, in some cases, death. Among the causes is the underground economy of fake goods. Photo: File
MALNUTRITION

Inspectors unearth rat infestation at Gauteng school following poisoning

Poor handling practices as well as storage, cooking equipment and fridges – and rats – increase the risk of food poisoning.

  • Nelisiwe Msomi
5 min read
The role of smallholder farmers, who make up the majority of farmers, is crucial. (Gallo)
FOOD SECURITY

The solution to Africa feeding itself is clear-cut

The goal must be a uniquely African green revolution that successfully adapts global experiences to local conditions.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
Policies aimed at boosting agricultural productivity and food availability were crucial in reducing hunger even where poverty was widespread, the agencies said. (AFP)
AGNIESZKA FLAK

UN: One in eight people around the world go hungry

One in eight people around the globe is chronically undernourished, says the United Nations’s food agencies in their latest report on food insecurity.

  • Agnieszka Flak
2 min read
ELLA IDE

UN conference calls for unity against world hunger

Celebrities and government officials called on Friday for urgent collective action to eradicate world hunger.

  • Ella Ide
3 min read