Covid pandemic made poorest countries even worse off, World Bank warns
Poverty reduction drive all but halted across many nations as Bank calls for more money to tackle a ‘great reversal’ Larry Elliott: At last G20...
Category : Food security
We must act on Ethiopia food crisis, says UK minister
Andrew Mitchell warns of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ triggered by El Niño-driven drought and conflict The risk of a humanitarian catastrophe in northern Ethiopia is growing, Andrew...
‘Corruption is not an African issue’: bank chief says it’s time to believe in the continent’s future
In an exclusive interview, Akinwumi Adesina, head of the African Development Bank and ‘optimist-in-chief’, says the outlook is good for a continent with both the...
‘Dire crisis for children’ in Sudan, aid groups warn as millions more go hungry
Up to 17,000 more children a day lack food, Save the Children say, as global indifference to humanitarian crisis condemned as ‘racist’ The past four...
Global heating likely to hit world food supply before 1.5C, says UN expert
Water scarcity threatening agriculture faster than expected, warns Cop15 desertification president The world is likely to face major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures...
Odesa region ports hit in apparent Russian bid to kill off grain deal
Suicide drone attacks deflected in Kyiv but strikes in south highlight defence gaps Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Russia failed to hit its targets...
Drought caused 43,000 ‘excess deaths’ in Somalia last year, half of them young children
New report uncovers tragic scale of climate-led crisis and warns of up to 34,000 more deaths so far this year A new report released by...
South Sudan ‘failed’ by international aid system as food crisis intensifies
Catholic charity Cafod says local NGOs are best placed to respond on the frontline but are being cut out of the process South Sudan is...
Kenya declares war on millions of birds after they raid crops
Toxic pesticides used to eradicate grain-eating quelea may harm the country’s endangered raptors, say conservationists A drive by the Kenyan government to kill up to...
‘Overlapping shocks’ are undoing efforts to end hunger in Africa, UN warns
Urgent aid response needed as climate crisis, Covid, local conflicts and soaring fuel prices push millions more into hunger • ‘We need urgent help’: Somalis...
