The U.N. again warned that as many as 20 million people are at risk of famine in Nigeria, Yemen, South Sudan and Somalia. Warnings in February were not enough to raise the money needed to prevent a global hunger crisis. So, new attempts are being made to convince donor countries to do more.
Two officials with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are traveling to East Africa this week to meet with governments and humanitarian actors about the emerging hunger crises in the region. They arrive at a time when $4.4 billion is needed to help some 20 million people, and the Trump administration is seeking to cut the foreign aid budget.
El Niño combined with climate change has caused major problems for millions of people. Residents of eastern and southern Africa…
The potential for fair and peaceful elections in Burundi continue to wane in the run up to tomorrow’s vote. Three…
Eastern and Southern sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 55% of total deaths from HIV/AIDS in 2013. In most countries in these…
Ugandan pupils from different schools take part in an event organised by born-again Christians to celebrate the signing of a…
<Uwiro, Tanzania – A drought in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northwest Tanzania claimed the lives of more than 200 children…
Iringa, Tanzania – In center of this East African nation, two organizations are working with poor farmers to prove that…
Six percent of children were characterized as wasted (critically below healthy weight for the appropriate age group) in September 2012. Last month, that number reached zero after a steady decline. More children are considered on target now than a year ago by more than 10 percentage points.
Bono, U2’s lead singer and perhaps the world’s leading (or at least most celebrated) advocate in the fight against global…