Electricity Without Food? The Other African Power Crisis
Africa is lighting up at night in ways it never did before. Solar farms stand in the desert, new dams…
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How can an overweight person suffer from malnutrition?
When wealth brings hunger: A double standard Today, more than 2 billion people suffer from some form of malnutrition, many…
Feeding a Child Is Not Charity. It Is Governance.
What does it mean when a child goes to bed hungry in a world that produces more than enough food?…
How Lucky Are You?
Editorial When I was a little girl, I often heard the line: “Think of the starving kids in Africa.” It came when…
When the River Turns Against Us
Ghana Water Limited has been forced to shut down its Kwanyako Headworks in the Central Region after the intake pumps…
Ballistic Shields and Empty Bowls
A mother in Texas checks her child’s backpack before the bus arrives. Inside the lunchbox are snacks and juice. Tucked…
First Harvest, Last Meal: When the Harvest Fails Because We Can’t Save It
Editorial At the Kofar Suari feeding centre in Katsina State, a mother held her toddler, Shamsiya. Her belly was swollen,…
Reflections: The Fields We Nearly Saved
In Chad, hunger has never meant only empty fields. Sometimes the fields are full, and then they are wiped bare…