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Women and their children wais during an event on how to prepare nutritious food in Kaltungo Poshereng Nigeria, June 2, 2024
A QUARTER of the world’s children under five years old have severe food poverty, with many of them in Africa, the United Nations warned today.
A report by UN’s children agency Unicef said that 181 million children under five, or 27 per cent of the world’s youngest population, live in severe food poverty — defined as consuming nothing in a day or, at best, two out of eight food groups.
Africa’s population of more than 1.3 billion people is one of the most affected mainly due to conflict, climate crises and rising food prices.
Fertiliser chaos triggered by Gulf conflict could send prices soaring and leave millions facing devastating hunger, writes DYLAN MURPHY
MAISSON HASSAN highlights how amid bombed-out cities and collapsing hospitals, women-led initiatives are keeping communities alive
The West’s dangerous pesticide dumping in Africa is threatening biodiversity, population health and food sovereignty, argues ROGER McKENZIE
While much attention is focused on Israel’s aggression, we cannot ignore the conflicts in Africa, stoked by Western imperialism and greed for natural resources, if we’re to understand the full picture of geopolitics today, argues ROGER McKENZIE