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Zimbabwe Experiencing the Most Stable Food Security Situation in More Than Five Years
Zimbabwe is experiencing the most stable food security situation in more than five years despite pockets of localized hunger, the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET) said Thursday.
Hunger Spreading in Southern Zimbabwe
Tedius Bere, 31, from Chivi District in Zimbabwe’s southeastern Masvingo Province, recently travelled to the capital Harare to ask for his brother’s help to buy food for his family, whom he had left in Chivi with only enough maize meal for two days. “I...
Kenya Sees Hunger Amid Plenty
Harvests are going to waste in parts of Rift Valley province – Kenya’s grain basket – as farmers lack markets for their produce, even though severe drought ravages the country’s northern regions.
Hundreds of Drought-displaced Somali’s Seek Shelter in Somaliland
Hundreds of families from south-central Somalia who have sought refuge in the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland lack food, shelter and water, say local officials.
United Nations Central Emergency Rapid Response Fund Releases $11m in Response to the Famine in Kenya
The United Nations Central Emergency Rapid Response Fund on Tuesday disclosed it has released $11 million in response to the famine in Kenya.
Somali Region Living From Drought to Drought
Every day, 500g of boiled wheat is divided up between two adults, four children, a calf, a goat and a donkey in the Farah household. It is the only food they have had after rains failed for the past two seasons.
Battling to Bring Aid to Thousands of Abyei Displaced
Warrap State in Southern Sudan is becoming the focus of efforts to assist thousands of people fleeing the disputed central-southern region of Abyei after it was attacked on 21 May by the northern Sudanese army, aid workers say. But the obstacles are considerable:...
Thousands Need Food Aid in Burundi After Poor Crop Season
Heavy rains in March in Burundi’s eastern province of Ruyigi destroyed beans, banana and cassava crops, leaving thousands of people desperate for food aid, agricultural officials said.
