food aid

International

Zimbabwe Second Most Developed Country In Africa – Mugabe

Zimbabwe is the most highly developed country in Africa after South Africa, President Robert Mugabe has said. He denied...

News

Zimbabwe Second-Most Developed Country In Africa

Zimbabwe is the most highly developed country in Africa after South Africa, President Robert Mugabe has said. He denied...

Headlines

S.Sudan Hosting Rebels To ‘extend War’ In Sudan

Sudan's powerful security agency on Monday accused breakaway South Sudan of staging talks with rebels fighting...

Headlines

South Sudan War Strains Uganda’s Generous Refugee Policy

Ugandan motorbike taxi driver Sadiq Agotre grumbles as he waits for a rare client among thousands of South Sudanese...

Headlines

Sixty Aid Workers Forced To Flee S.Sudan Fighting

A surge of fighting in eastern South Sudan has forced 60 aid workers to flee, the UN humanitarian agency said Saturday,...

Business

Ghana, Japan Sign $58.4m Grant Agreements For Road and Health Infrastructure

Ghana and Japan on Friday signed two grant agreements totalling $58.4 million, geared towards the improvement of...

Headlines

Number of Kenyans Going Hungry Doubles To 3 Mn

The number of Kenyans needing emergency food aid has doubled in the past three months to three million, the Red Cross...

International

Sudan To Open New Cross-Border Corridor For Aid Delivery To South Sudan

The Sudanese government has pledged to open a new corridor to South Sudan for swift delivery of humanitarian aid to the...

International

Zimbabwe Floods Leave Villagers Stranded

More than 250 people have been killed so far in this rainy season as floods have left remote communities isolated....

Headlines

UN Struggles To Raise Funds To Avert Famine In Somalia

The United Nations has raised less than a third of the funding needed to prevent famine in Somalia, a spokesman said...

Headlines

Water Carriers In Madagascar Bear Brunt of Global Crisis

As usual, they get up before dawn and, one by one, place their cans in a neat row at the base of the water pump, ready...

Headlines

UN Rejects Saudi-Led Coalition Call To Supervise Yemen Port

The United Nations on Monday rejected a call by the Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen for the key port of...

International

Celebrity Social Media Push To Help Somalia Goes Viral

UN says 2.9 million people in Somalia need urgent help "to save or sustain their lives". Campaign to raise $1m to...

Top Stories

Zimbabwe Seeks $100m After Deadly Floods

Zimbabwe has appealed for $100m (£82m) to help people affected by floods that have killed 246 and left nearly 2,000...

Headlines

What Is A Famine?

From ancient Rome to modern times, mankind has suffered devastating periods of hunger caused by drought, war or...

Headlines

S. Sudan President Vows Aid Access To Famine-Hit Areas

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir vowed Tuesday that government would ensure aid could reach areas hit by famine after...

Top Stories

How Bad the Civil Unrest Has Gotten

The famine in South Sudan has made it difficult to engage in subsistence and commercial farming especially in the...

Top Stories

Food Insecurity Scare Hits Upper East After 2016 Floods

Residents of the Upper East region have expressed fears 2017 may unleash a degree of food insecurity severe enough to...

International

1.3 Million Kenyans In 23 Counties Are In Need of Food Aid

1.3 million Kenyans in 23 counties are in need of food aid - Report Despite the progress Kenya has made in reducing...