African countries face a wide array of environmental problems that pose a major threat to people in the region. The continent’s biggest environmental challenges are water pollution, air pollution, and droughts, which directly impact the health of Africans. The tragic dilemma is that although Africa is the continent that contributes the least to the earth’s …
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The World Health Organization is procuring thousands of monkeypox tests for Africa and working to ensure the continent has fair access to vaccines should the need arise, WHO Africa director Matshidiso Moeti said.Monkeypox, a viral disease that causes flu-like symptoms and skin lesions, is endemic in parts of Africa, but this year there has been …
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The health risks in the region are increasing, while access to health care is deteriorating WHO is scaling up its operations in eastern Africa as the region faces acute food insecurity caused by conflict, extreme weather events – including the worst drought in 40 years – induced by climate change, rising international food and fuel …
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended part of its food aid in South Sudan due to a funding shortage – heightening the risk of starvation for 1.7 million people. The move to suspend aid will affect almost a third of the 6.2 million people in South Sudan the WFP had planned to …
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Africa’s population of 1.4 billion people face a worrying set of economic and social trends as the dual shocks of Covid-19 and rising commodity prices drives up inflation, putting pressure on many citizens who were already struggling. The ECA’s 2022 Economic Report on Africa found that Covid-19 caused job losses, reduced income and further limited …
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AFSA brings small-scale food producers, farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, faith groups, consumers, women, youth and activists from across the continent of Africa to create a united and louder voice for food sovereignty. AFSA is an alliance of around 40 member networks active in 50 countries. We estimate that our members outreach to over 200 …
A farmer spreads nitrogen fertilizer on his wheat field, in Inchy-en-Artois, France, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol LONDON, June 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Food supplies have shifted rapidly from surplus to shortage, and the United Nations has again warned about the heightened risks of world hunger. Since the time of the Pharaohs, governments have intervened …
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A leader of the United Nations Food and Agriculture program (FAO) said an already existing food crisis in Africa is getting worse. Abebe Haile-Gabriel is assistant director of the program. He said the war in Ukraine is to blame. “We have a very grim outlook going forward,” he said of the food supplies in some …
As agribusiness becomes a focus in international trade, stakeholders in within African Union, has taken food safety to centre stage on export trade under the context African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, with bid to improve food security and ensure consumption of safe food for better health of Africans. The Head of Agriculture and Food …
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Since the post-independence era, Africa has always placed import on the importance of protecting it natural environment. This mindset was endorsed in 1968 when independent African states signed the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. In 2003 Africa Environment Day was designated in 2002 by the Organization African Unity (OAU) Council …