After four consecutive failed rainy seasons, harvests in East Africa have become so barren that one person is likely to die every 36 seconds from hunger, according to a new report about acute food ...

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is facing backlash from environmental activists and farmers for allegedly promoting the release of poisonous chemicals into the soil and putting ...

A new ad campaign is urging African Americans to support programs that help African nations lead more prosperous, stable, and healthy lives. “We need courageous African-American leaders to advocate ...

Mindful of Africa’s economic potential — and particularly its natural resources — Japan has lately joined China in assiduously courting African governments in development partnerships. But a key issue ...

El Niño led to below-average rainfall across the region, while its impact has been exacerbated by warming temperatures linked to climate change. Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the ...

Africa’s food systems have been ravaged by the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and climate change. It’s time to totally rethink the approach. Global food systems have been battered by overlapping crises ...

Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking oil into a plastic bottle at a food aid distribution site deep in rural Zimbabwe. “I don’t ...

Hunger remains one of the most pressing and persistent challenges in Africa, affecting millions of lives across the continent. ・Africa is facing persistent and pressing challenges of hunger, driven by ...

America chooses to focus on "the starving children in Africa" instead of focusing on the children starving within its own ...

As a member of the UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants, Farmers, and Rural Workers, I speak today to honour the ...