‘Fighting must stop now’ so millions South Sudanese can be spared from famine, say UN agency chiefs
Despite “appalling conditions” in South Sudan, it is not too late to save more people from dying, the head of the United Nations agriculture agency said today, joining the World Food Programme (WFP) chief in a call to all parties enmeshed in the country’s conflict to end the violence and work together to ensure access […]
UN emergency food agency sending rations to war-torn Central African Republic
The United Nations emergency food agency has started dispatching supplies by air and road to the Central African Republic (CAR), where violence erupted in March and has since claimed the lives of more than 120 people, it was announced today. “We are moving food stocks by road and air to provide food to all those […]
Intergovernmental Authority on Development and Why Regional Integration in Africa Is Desirable
Unexpectedly, I received volumes of comments, questions and compliments in response to a piece published in this column earlier in the month. The vast majority of comments indicated that most of us are not aware of the happenings in the Horn of Africa. I was left puzzled that some people did not know that Sudan, […]
More than 20 million people risk dying from starvation within 6 months in four separate famines
More than 20 million people risk dying from starvation within six months in four separate famines, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned last week. Conflicts in Yemen, northeastern Nigeria and South Sudan have devastated households and driven up prices, while a drought in Somalia has ruined the agricultural economy. In Yemen and South Sudan, economic […]
1,900 Mozambicans Stranded in Moza, Zim Border Fleeing The Banditry Renamo
SOME 1 900 Mozambicans are stranded at the border with Zimbabwe after fleeing the banditry by opposition forces in their country. The Mozambique National Resistance (Renamo) is blamed for the terror, which has continued despite assurances by government leaders a truce was within reach with the opposition party. United Nations agencies said they were mobilizing […]
