“Enormous opportunity” for ending hunger in Africa

Proposed new partnership will build on successes, political commitment 22 April 2013, Rome – Ministers and senior delegates from five African Nations met today with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva ahead of a High-Level meeting of African and international leaders in Addis Ababa next June  set to create a renewed partnership for intensifying efforts… Continue reading “Enormous opportunity” for ending hunger in Africa

Disaster Stalking Children in Africa’s Drought-Prone Sahel Region, Warns UNICEF

16 March 2012 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning that more than a million children below the age of five in the Sahel are facing a disaster amid the ongoing food crisis in the drought-prone region of Africa. They are among the some 15 million people estimated to be at risk of… Continue reading Disaster Stalking Children in Africa’s Drought-Prone Sahel Region, Warns UNICEF