“Investing in Innovative Food Systems Solutions in Challenging Contexts,” provides a roadmap for revitalizing northern Nigeria’s food systems The African Development Bank (AfDB) in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Food Policy Research…
5.7 Million People Face Food Insecurity in Haiti
© UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Many people in Haiti displaced by violence, like this mother and baby, struggle to find enough to eat. Millions of Haitians are facing food insecurity as armed groups continue to expand their territorial control around the…
African Governments to Defend Food Systems Sovereignty and Resilience of Against Corporate Digitalization
Declare Support for Africa Ministers of Environment Decision to Reject Solar Geoengineering Over 130 experts from 33 African countries have jointly reaffirmed a shared commitment to defend Africa’s food sovereignty and protect small-scale producers from the encroachment of extractive,…
Tensions Flare Over Siting of Sterling Oil Pipeline Amid Signs of Community-Company Engagement
In the quiet riverine communities of Afor Clan in Ndokwa East, Delta State, unease has been brewing. A major gas pipeline project, currently under construction, has become the subject of growing tension between local residents and the company executing the…
NiMet, C-WINS Partner on Climate Solutions for Health, Food and Community Resilience
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Centre for Well-being and Integrated Nutrition Solutions (C-WINS) have formalised a strategic partnership to advance climate action in Nigeria. The partnership aims to integrate solutions that connect climate, public health, food and nutrition…
UNICEF Aid Trucks Robbed at Gunpoint in Gaza City
© UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children who are not getting enough to eat attend a nutrition clinic in Deir al Balah, in Gaza. Humanitarian aid in Gaza must be protected, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, following the…
AfricaRice Engages Dangote to Drive a New Era of Rice Self-Sufficiency in Africa
The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) is stepping up efforts to close Africa’s widening rice production gap through strategic alliances with major industry players. In reports of a recent high-level engagement, the center announced its Director General, AfricaRice Director General, Dr.…
Prioritise Food Security, Dangote Urges Africa — AfricaRice Seeks Increased Investments, Partnerships
L-R, Executive Chairman Niger Foods Security Systems and Logistic, Sammy Adigun; President / CE, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote; Director General, Africa Rice Center, Dr Baboucarr Manneh; Managing Director of Dangote Rice, Thabo Mabe, during a courtesy visit by Manneh…
Grenada, St. Kitts PMs, Nigeria’s Finance, Trade Ministers, Gov, Others Laud Dangote Industries at 2025 IATF
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investments, Jumoke Oduwole (3rd left); Engr. Mansur Ahmed, Special Adviser to and Representative of the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote (2nd left), Group Head, Commercial Foods, Dangote Industries Limited, Garba EL-Suleiman, and other Dangote delegates during…
Downpours Stop Aid Teams Following Deadly Landslide in War-torn Sudan
© Jebel Marra/Emergency Response Room : People gather after a landslide destroyed Tarseen village in South Darfur, Sudan. War-torn Sudan continues to face “a horrific humanitarian situation” as UN colleagues scramble to help communities affected by the devastating landslide…
