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…
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…
MINAWAO, CAMEROON — Food shortages in northern Cameroon are raising tensions between local communities and Nigerian refugees displaced by the Boko Haram conflict. As a quarrel erupted between hawkers at the food market near the…
GITHONGO, KENYA — Dressed in a green hat and black mud boots, Gilbert Gitonga is busy tending his 3-acre (1.2-hectare) farm in Kenya’s Meru County. Moving among rows of maize plants, he pulls weeds and…
The country risks famine from early next year following a huge demand in the global market targeting the nation’s surplus production, says the presidency. Food shortage could hit Nigeria next year following the unprecedented increase…
John Butler-Adam I The Chronicle of Education Food shortages, hunger, starvation and long-term food security are not new issues in Africa, nor elsewhere in the developing world. Food security means that all people, at all times,…