Hunger in Africa

Grist
View In: Hunger in AfricaFour failed rainy seasons and supply chain disruptions threaten millions with food insecurity.

Zero Hedge News
View In: Hunger in AfricaHunger In Africa: The Situation Is Serious 278 million people in Africa suffer from chronic hunger. As Statista's Martin Armstrong details below, this corresponds to 20 percent of the continent's population. By comparison, ten percent are affected when looked at globally. You will find more infographic...

Alternet.org
View In: Hunger in AfricaAs food prices and hunger surge worldwide, hundreds of millions of people around the globe are “marching towards starvation”—increasing the likelihood of preventable deaths, civil unrest, and political violence in the months ahead—the United Nations food chief warned Thursday.Speaking from Addis Ababa...

Inside Climate News
View In: Hunger in AfricaJeffrey Maganya has spent the last three decades of his professional life trying to prevent people from going hungry. But in all those years, something beyond his control has crept into the work, slowly growing like the heat. Now, he’s battling another hunger crisis. In four counties of northern Kenya...

Popular Resistance
View In: Hunger in AfricaThe World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) have identified numerous states warranting immediate attention as the problems of climate change, internal conflict, economic downturns and the continuing war in Ukraine are exacerbating the current crisis. In the Sahel regio...

Democracy Now!
View In: Hunger in AfricaIn a devastating new report, Oxfam says one person is likely dying from hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. We speak with Shannon Scribner, director of humanitarian work at Oxfam America, about how the hunger crisis has worsened since an earlier report was release...