Insurgents push hunger to record levels in Nigeria
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, NigeriaNigeria BureauABUJA, (CAJ News) – GROWING instability across northern Nigeria is driving hunger to unprecedented levels. The United…
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DRC food insecurity reaches highest levels
from JEAN KASSONGO in Kinshasa, DRCDRC BureauKINSHASA, (CAJ News) – MORE people than ever are food insecure in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid conflict in the…
Korea pledges solidarity with drought-stricken Namibia
from ALFRED SHILONGO in Windhoek, NamibiaNamibia BureauWINDHOEK, (CAJ News) – THE Republic of Korea has donated US$500 000 for food and nutritional support to…
US boosts funds to Zimbabwe recovery efforts
from DANAI MWARUMBWA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) – THE United States has contributed $5,7 million to support people experiencing vulnerability to food insecurity…
WFP seeks $2 million to avert hunger in Zimbabwe
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) – THE World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for an additional US$204 million (R3 billion) to support over four…
More people than ever face hunger in Southern Africa
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) – A RECORD 45 million people in Southern Africa are food insecure as the region enters the peak of the lean…
Half of Zimbabwe’s population now starving
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) – DROUGHT, flooding and economic problems in Zimbabwe have plunged 7,7 million people into severe hunger. This…