January in West Africa
What the First Month of the Year Really Means for Food and Poverty January is often treated as a clean…
Category: West Africa
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
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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,…
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….
Nigeria’s Hunger Crisis: A Security Priority or a Forgotten Emergency?
Nigeria is facing one of its most serious hunger and malnutrition crises in years, raising difficult questions about where political…
Africa’s 1.5 Billion Dollar Art Market
Africa’s Street Revival: How art, sound, and youth culture are rising in plain sight “Africa is Rising.” What does this…
Liberia’s Rice Crisis Exposes a Dangerous Dependency: Where Is the Plan B?
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The Ghana XI the World Never Saw
Walk through any stadium tunnel in Europe and you will hear Ghana before you see it. A bit of Twi…
Why is Ghana paying MORE for LESS power?
Across the country people are asking the same question in their homes, shops, schools and hospitals. Bills keep rising, yet…
The Most Beautiful Water You’ve Never Seen, and How It Feeds Africa
Across Africa, some of the most striking water sources sit far from tourist routes. They appear in salt pans, forest…
Ghana’s food inflation drops. So why are market prices still high?
Food inflation in Ghana now stands at about 18.4 percent year-on-year, the lowest since early 2022. On paper it looks…