The heavy flooding in Nigeria, which has covered farms and roads and slowed shipments of food and fuel, has now displaced more than 1 million people from their homes, with the death toll already surpassing 600. The country’s authorities are struggling to free up the gridlock, as a jump in prices is already making life […]
The IMF warned that the ongoing infighting in Sudan could undermine the wider region’s economy, citing the Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. These countries are already fragile as they receive waves of Sudanese refugees fleeing infighting and famine, the IMF’s deputy director for Africa, Catherine Pattillo, told AFP. A famine was […]
The African Union, the UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) organize the first joint International Food Safety Conference this Feb.12-13 in Addis Ababa on the sidelines of the 32nd AU summit. The conference brings together government leaders, senior policy makers, and representatives from international organizations, civil society and the […]
