The New Scramble for Africa’s Commodities. But Who Actually Gets Fed?
For years Africa was discussed as a place of aid and crisis. Today the conversation in trading houses, ministries, and…
Category: Hunger
Updates, reports and analysis on Africa’s hunger challenges, nutrition access and food availability.
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Hunger and the Mind: An Overlooked Burden in West Africa
When people speak about hunger in West Africa, they usually mean the physical signs of it. A child who is…
Hunger on the Horizon: How War in Iran Could Empty Plates Across Africa
In the crowded markets of Accra and Nairobi, the first warning of war is not the sound of artillery. It…
Africa Now Carries the World’s Fastest-Growing Hunger Crisis
Across Africa, hunger is no longer a slow moving crisis but a measurable collapse in food security: more than 300…
The Cost of “Free” Education in Uganda
When Ghana announced the abolition of school fees for primary education under its Universal Primary Education (UPE) program in 1997,…
Dr. Abdul Karim Williams: How Untreated Joint Disease Is Driving Hunger in Africa
Pain has a way of changing everything. Dr. Abdul Karim Williams treats patients whose joint disease quietly takes away their…
Africa’s Hungry Millions Sit Beside Untouched Fertile Land: Why the System Is Failing Farmers Like Kwame
Ghana, West Africa-Kwame sits on land his family has farmed for generations in Ghana’s Bono Region. The soil is rich,…
The road in 2025 was difficult. But Africa is not standing still.
Entering 2026: What 2025 Left Africa, and What Comes Next for Hunger, Conflict, and Food Systems As we enter 2026,…
Hunger and War: Nigeria’s Next Conflict May Not Start With Guns. It Starts With Empty Bowls.
Nigeria is facing one of the most serious humanitarian crises in its modern history. In the country’s northeast, millions of…
When Hunger Is Not for Food: How False Prophecies Feed on Vulnerability
The recent “Noah’s Ark” controversy in Ghana did not spread because people were foolish. It spread because people were hungry….