When Hunger Becomes the Recruiter: Starvation Is the New Jihadist Foot Soldier in West Africa
Empty stomachs are now weapons of war. Across West Africa, hunger is no longer just a human tragedy. It has…
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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…
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…
Peter Mutharika Returns at 85: Can His Second Chance Tackle Malawi’s Hunger and Fuel Crises?
Peter Mutharika has returned to the presidency of Malawi at the age of 85. Supporters call it a second chance…
Who Eats Better in Ghana? Prisoners or the Poor?
For the first time in fifteen years, Ghana has moved to increase the daily feeding allowance for inmates in its…
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…
Can Today’s Hunger Be Faced with the Same Urgency as War?
From the Middle Passage to one in five Africans without food today, history shows how lives were once lost to…
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…
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…
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…