Africa Matters

Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, with some 48 million people, a 10-year-high, facing food insecurity in the conflict-riddled region, the United Nations warned Tuesday. Driven primarily by violence as well as the economic fallout from COVID-19 and inflation, food insecurity has heavily impacted Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, northern Nigeria and Mauritania, U.N….

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Africa: School Meals Fuel Young Minds, but Most Vulnerable Still Missing Out – WFP

Nearly 420 million children across the globe receive school meals – that’s 30 million more than in 2020 – the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a new report published on Tuesday. Amid the current global food crisis, with many families struggling to put food on the table, governments are increasingly seeing the value of these initiatives, according to…

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