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Biz & Tech

FAO’s data platform plays key role in tackling acute food insecurity during crises

Editor - May 10, 2023

Detailed, comprehensive, and timely data is essential to address the impact of shocks such as droughts, earthquakes, or conflict on agricultural production and livelihoods...

Law & Human Rights

WHO scales up emergency response to reach displaced vulnerable populations in north-east Nigeria

Editor - February 19, 2023

Raising from the recently concluded 12th Joint Operations Review (JOR) on humanitarian support in the northeast, the World Health Organization (WHO) is widening its...

Law & Human Rights

Post-cyclone reconstruction efforts continue in Mozambique

Editor - February 1, 2023

More than three years after cyclones Idai and Keneth hit Mozambique in 2019, much of the country is still trying to recover. An example...

News

United States funding to help WFP fight food insecurity in Sierra Leone

Editor - February 1, 2023

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$3.2 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to...

Science & Health

World Health Organization beneficiaries of mental health support on the path of total recovery

Editor - December 22, 2022

“I was separated from people I knew. Everyone had been displaced and there were lots of killings, and uncertainty, we could not go to...

Food Security

African farmers, Civil Society Organizations oppose use of chemical fertilizers

Editor - September 3, 2022

African farmer groups and civil society groups have demanded an end to the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) because it has...

Climate change

Atlantic Council panel on 2022 African Economic Outlook pushes for ‘Africa agenda’ at COP 27

Editor - July 30, 2022

Africa deserves the highest priority attention at the United Nations climate conference, COP 27 to be held in November this year, panel members discussing...

Food Security

Congress should pull the plug on USAID’S failing African Green Revolution

Editor - April 21, 2022

A major evaluation commissioned for donors to the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and...