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Ethiopia
Ethiopia's Ogaden rebels issue famine alert

afrol News, 17 March - Rebel groups in Ogaden fighting the Ethiopian government warn of a "severe drought" in the region, which could develop into famine. They claim government is withholding aid.
Kenya
Kenya drought could create 5 million needy

afrol News, 19 January - Already, 1.6 million Kenyans are receiving food aid to compensate for drought and poor harvests. Government however warns the number could skyrocket to 5 million within a few months, as rains have kept failing.
Southern Africa | Tanzania
High alert over Tanzania deadly virus

afrol News, 2 November - A deadly disease which broke out in Tanzania this year risks spreading to Southern Africa, posing a mortal threat to more than 50 million sheep and goats and bringing risks of famine to the region, FAO warned today.
Swaziland
Swazi govt tried to underreport hunger

afrol News, 15 October - Swaziland is one of very few African countries where hunger has become more widespread during the last decades, new evidence shows. But Swazi authorities tried to manipulate data to the UN, saying the opposite.
Benin
Half of Benin devastated by floods

afrol News, 13 October - Devastating flooding has affected nearly half the communes of Benin. According to the government, 700,000 people have been affected, including more than 200,000 people whose homes have been damaged or destroyed.
Africa
Africa sees successes fighting hunger

afrol News, 12 October - Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana and Mozambique have seen the greatest successes in fighting back hunger during the last 20 years, a new report reveals. At the same time, the situation in Burundi, Chad, the DRC and Eritrea deteriorated severely.
West Africa | Central Africa
Floods hit 1.5 million in West, Central Africa

afrol News, 12 October - Nearly 1.5 million people have been affected by floods and 377 killed in Western and Central Africa, with Chad, northern Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria facing a serious cholera epidemic, relief officials reported today.
Niger | World
Aid back to basics: Cash handouts in Niger

afrol News, 27 September - Despite countless emergency aid efforts and models, Niger's drought and flood victims still go hungry. Now, several aid agencies will go back to basics, providing families with cash handouts.
Niger
Again, aid to Niger's hungry comes too late

afrol News, 9 July - It is frustrating. Aid agencies warned of food shortages in Niger already in January. Government issued an international famine warning in March and does its best to feed hungry citizens. But funding for international food aid still is minimal.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia food aid at commodity exchange

afrol News, 17 June - The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange has signed an agreement with food aid donors that will make and increasing part of food aid by purchased through the commercial market point.
» 25.05.2010 - Chad could slip into famine
» 21.04.2010 - Hunger aid to Niger, Chad boosted
» 12.04.2010 - Farmers' credit scheme spread across West Africa
» 09.04.2010 - Food crisis spreading to entire Sahel
» 06.04.2010 - US$132 million needed for Niger's hungry
» 26.03.2010 - Mozambique strengthen ties with Viet Nam
» 25.03.2010 - Angola attaches welfare to biofuel law
» 22.03.2010 - Niger food crisis growing
» 16.03.2010 - Food crisis affecting 2 million in Chad
» 11.03.2010 - UN confirms Somalia food aid corruption
» 10.03.2010 - Guinea pigs to help ease DRC food crisis - scientists
» 09.03.2010 - Kenya farmers get low-tech micro-insurance
» 08.03.2010 - Chad food crisis gets attention
» 05.03.2010 - Drumstick tree can provide Africa with clean water
» 04.03.2010 - $8 million support for agric production
» 01.03.2010 - Mozambique to carry out agric census to gauge poverty
» 16.02.2010 - Government approves $250 mln for agro-credit
» 12.02.2010 - New maize varieties to boost output
» 11.02.2010 - Kenya ferries park herbivores to feed starving lions
» 11.02.2010 - International aid appeal launched for Niger
» 04.02.2010 - Ethiopia makes international food aid appeal
» 03.02.2010 - Zimbabwe needs 500 000 tonnes of maize
» 02.02.2010 - BirdLife cares for wetlands
» 27.01.2010 - ‘Agriculture makes good business sense’ – IFAD
» 27.01.2010 - ‘Agriculture makes good business sense’ – IFAD
» 26.01.2010 - Experts on black-eyed peas to meet in Dakar
» 22.01.2010 - $20 million loan to support smallholder agribusiness in Zambia
» 08.01.2010 - UN will not abandon Somalia
» 05.01.2010 - WFP pulls out of Southern Somalia
» 04.01.2010 - Ireland announces additional funding for hunger in Sudan
» 18.12.2009 - EU allocates €50 million for drought-affected Horn of Africa people
» 17.12.2009 - New centres raise cassava’s outlook in Sierra Leone
» 16.12.2009 - Climate change deal must address hunger, UN expert
» 15.12.2009 - Invest in agriculture - Professor Offei
» 14.12.2009 - Experts discuss ways to strengthen poor nations' agriculture
» 09.12.2009 - Somalis faces humanitarian crisis
» 09.12.2009 - 4.8 million Ethiopians need emergency food aid
» 07.12.2009 - Zimbabwe’s humanitarian situation to be assessed
» 02.12.2009 - Banditry threatens humanitarian work in Chad
» 01.12.2009 - UN launches $7.1 billion 2010 humanitarian appeal
» 01.12.2009 - Liberia pledges support to small farmers
» 01.12.2009 - World Food buys gold mines in Ghana
» 30.11.2009 - Agricultural research reduces poverty in sub-Saharan Africa
» 30.11.2009 - FAO declares victory over rinderpest
» 27.11.2009 - $39 million injected to improve Ethiopia’s pastoralists lives
» 25.11.2009 - WFP told to buy local agricultural produce
» 24.11.2009 - School meals boost education, new report
» 24.11.2009 - $6 million to boost rural agricultural finance in Ghana
» 23.11.2009 - Africa lost 15 percent of GPD to climate change says report
» 23.11.2009 - Libya and FAO sign $71 million development deal
» 19.11.2009 - Developing countries urged to make agriculture a funding priority
» 19.11.2009 - Spain doubles aid for Horn of Africa
» 19.11.2009 - FAO chief regrets no measurable targets adopted to fight hunger
» 16.11.2009 - $1 million boost for FAO’s food security work
» 12.11.2009 - FAO calls for worldwide day-long hunger strike
» 11.11.2009 - Africa’s poor to suffer due high food prices
» 10.11.2009 - China-Africa commitments applauded
» 10.11.2009 - Mauritanian grassroots groups receive US funding
» 09.11.2009 - AGRA and NEPAD partner to increase food security in Africa
» 28.10.2009 - Tanzanian farmers receive FAO's boost
» 23.10.2009 - $480 million to help in Ethiopia's food security
» 23.10.2009 - Africa told to enhance actions to reduce disaster risk
» 23.10.2009 - Desert locusts in Mauritania not a threat to other states
» 22.10.2009 - Ethiopia needs urgent food aid
» 15.10.2009 - Zambia becomes agric support hub for Southern Africa
» 15.10.2009 - Gates challenges global leaders to support world's poorest farmers
» 15.10.2009 - World leaders must change debate on poverty and human rights, AI
» 14.10.2009 - World's poorest more food insecure with the economic crisis
» 13.10.2009 - Australia helps Zim farmers through World Bank
» 13.10.2009 - Ethiopia still vulnerable to serious hunger
» 12.10.2009 - World faces huge challenge to feed growing populations
» 12.10.2009 - New multi-media tools to help resolve land rights issues in Africa
» 08.10.2009 - More agric investments needed to feed worlds hungry, UN
» 05.10.2009 - Mauritania gets $12 million to boost food production and lower imports
» 05.10.2009 - Food security crucial for Africa's development, AWEPA
» 30.09.2009 - IFAD signs additional funding to fight poverty in Kenya
» 30.09.2009 - Climate change could induce more food dependency on Africa, FAO paper
» 29.09.2009 - WFP appeals for urgent $66 million in Uganda
» 28.09.2009 - Global economic crisis to fuel conflict in Africa, experts
» 28.09.2009 - FAO urges policy improvement to turn around Africa's fortunes
» 24.09.2009 - S/Korea in farming deal with Tanzania
» 23.09.2009 - UN steps up work in W/Africa and flashes urgent appeal for Ethiopia
» 23.09.2009 - USADF signs new grants in Cape Verde and Tanzania
» 21.09.2009 - Horn of Africa facing severe food insecurity, FAO
» 21.09.2009 - No end in sight to economic crisis for hard-hit developing world – UN report
» 18.09.2009 - Project focus to enhance child nutrition in rural Malawi and Tanzania
» 16.09.2009 - IFAD approves $217.82 million for rural poverty work worldwide
» 16.09.2009 - WFP chief warns of growing crisis for worlds hungry
» 16.09.2009 - WHO warns of possible after floods health disaster in W/Africa

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