Day: April 12, 2022

Food Crisis Inches Toward Record High in West, Central Africa

An estimated 250 million people in Africa lack access to daily food, with the number impacted in west and central Africa expected to reach a record high. Officials and aid groups from more than 50 African countries meet this week in Equatorial Guinea t…

Russian War Worsens Fertilizer Crunch, Risking Food Supplies

Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her about 40,000 square feet (10 acres) of land outside Nairobi isn’t bad weather, pests or blight — the traditional agricultural curses — but fertilizer: It costs too much.De…

Africom Commander Warns Against Neglect of Africa

Former President Barack Obama “pivoted” towards Africa, his predecessor Donald Trump away from it, and current U.S. leader Joe Biden has had his hands full with the pandemic at home and now the war in Ukraine.But in an address to lawmakers on Capitol H…