Hunger News

15 African countries to benefit from $50 million agriculture programme
By Kimuri Mwangi Promoting biofortification, establishing centres of excellence, reducing aflatoxin and supporting youth in

We will end reliance on relief food in Nyandarua says Governor Kiarie
Nyandarua Governor Dr Moses Kiarie Badilisha has promised to end reliance on relief food through

Eastern Africa faces the prospect of failed rains
Eastern Africa is facing the very real prospect that the rains will fail for a fourth consecutive season, placing

President Kenyatta flags off emergency relief supplies to drought-hit counties
President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday at State House, Nairobi, flagged off a consignment of emergency relief

New report shows Africa’s growing hunger crisis
A new, interactive digital report shows that the number of hungry people in Africa continues to

Africa has the potential to end hunger and malnutrition, says FAO Director-General
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations QU Dongyu says

Covid19 creates largest number of hungry people ever as WFP announces assistance
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a massive rise in the number

Hungry Cities waiting for charities to eat
By Brian Gicheru “Mombasa county second phase feeding programme has resumed, kindly let us meet

Dry weather increases by two the list of countries in need of external food assistance
FAO report highlights risks posed by locusts in Africa amid stronger output trends in the

Hunger threatens over half of the population in South Sudan
Food security worsened significantly in areas hit by last year’s floods Some 6.5 million people

FAO report cites 41 countries needing external assistance for food
Some 41 countries continue to be in need of external assistance for food, with conflicts