UN: South Sudan Faces Catastrophic Food Shortages
GENEVA — More than 6 million people in South Sudan — or nearly 60 percent of the population — face desperate food shortages, with many on the brink of famine, warns a joint report by…
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Drought Exposes More Complicated Issues Behind High Africa Food Prices
JOHANNESBURG — It is tempting, says Godfrey Nwosu, to blame Nigeria’s rising food prices on something as simple as a drought that has battered the Lake Chad basin and sent crop yields tumbling across the…
Somali: 110 Deaths in 48 Hours From Diseases, Malnutrition
Somalia’s new prime minister says that dozens of people, mainly women and children, have died from water-borne diseases within the last two days as a result of the enduring drought in the country. At a…
South Sudan famine: Eating water lilies to survive
Thousands of people at the epicenter of a man-made famine in South Sudan emerged from the safety of the swamps this past weekend hoping to receive emergency deliveries of food. For months now, Bol Mol,…
Zimbabwe: Solar Pump Helps Herders Overcome Drought
LUPANE, ZIMBABWE — Communities in one of the most drought-prone parts of Zimbabwe are ditching farming in favor of cattle raising with support from the United Nations and a local NGO. Mathafeni village about 600…
Zimbabwe: WFP – 80,000 Children Hit By Severe Hunger
AT least 80,000 school-going children in three drought-hit provinces risk losing out on education because of hunger which has reached alarming levels, the World Food Programme (WFP) has announced. WFP said the affected provinces include…