Famine
DRC faces alarming food crisis
The Democratic Republic of Congo has the highest rate of malnutrition in central and West Africa, affecting 43% of children under five, says Unicef...
Sudan military facilities strike by Explosion and fire
A fire broke out following an explosion where military facilities are located, in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
The Sudanese local media says that flames...
World Hunger: Food summit’s empty rhetoric
The United Nations has estimated that more than one billion people worldwide are going hungry, and has warned that if more land is not...
OXFAM issues Ethiopia and Somalia warnings
The number of Ethiopians needing emergency assistance has leapt by 40 per cent from 4.6 million to 6.4 million people since June, according to...
Hunger is back in the Horn of Africa
Hunger on a massive scale is looming across the Horn of Africa as a combination of drought and high food prices has left more...
Food crisis as violence continues in Congo
The World Food Programme (WFP) Friday warned that greater numbers of people fleeing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were stretching the...
Lethal mix of drought, extending war pushing Ethiopia to disaster
Donor pledges to cover food and non-food items were insufficient to tackle the massive food shortages the country is facing, the government has said....
Ethiopia worried about spread of Eritrea and Djibouti dispute
Though countries of the Horn of Africa maintain a common desire to keep conflicts away from their neighbourhood, the latest clashes between Djiboutian and...
4.6 million Ethiopians affected by severe drought
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Hilde Johnson arrived here Thursday for a four-day visit to Ethiopia, during which she will review the emergency situation in...