Education Without Food: Can Children Learn on Empty Stomachs?
In Malawi’s Mzimba district, Mwanasha no longer wonders if her children can learn on empty stomachs. Each morning she watches…
Category: East Africa
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Sudan: A War That Starves
Darfur’s war turns bread into a weapon. Who will eat, and who will not? El Fasher, DarfurIn Sudan, war has…
The World Counts Wars in Days and Hunger in Decades
When hunger is the silent war The world counts wars in days. A battle breaks out, and the death toll…
Two Hours to Water: Ethiopia’s Daily Tax
At first light in Konso, southern Ethiopia, Samrawit fills a yellow jerrycan and joins the line. The borehole is closer…
More Deadly than War: Children in the Horn of Africa Face a Greater Killer than Conflict
From the civil war in northern Ethiopia, to the protracted crisis in Somalia, to recurring election violence in Kenya, the…
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…
Oil-Rich, Food-Poor: South Sudan’s Unresolved Paradox
South Sudan should not be poor. The country sits on an estimated 3.5 billion barrels of oil reserves, fertile soil along…
Straight Talk on Africa’s Food Future
If it impacts Africa’s food future, you’ll read it here.