London & Dar es Salaam — Shifra Ainomugisha from Uganda is the 2026 Commonwealth Younger Particular person of the 12 months. Her award was introduced on the 2026 Commonwealth Youth Awards ceremony in London, the place she was additionally named the Africa Regional Winner. Earlier than anybody known as her an innovator, earlier than synthetic…
A rising share of world starvation is changing into entrenched in a small group of conflict-hit international locations, with two-thirds of individuals going through acute meals insecurity concentrated in simply 10 nations, a significant worldwide report backed by UN businesses warns. The 2026 World Report on Meals Crises, launched on Friday by an alliance of…
Because the battle’s spillover results in spiking costs in elements of Asia and Africa, WFP says protecting humanitarian provide chains open is important to forestall hundreds of thousands extra from tipping into meals insecurity. At a bustling meals market in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, Mummy Christiana breaks down in tears as she describes how a battle…
A subject of maize spoiled by drought in Zambia, one of many international locations that has declared an emergency because it grapples with the consequences of El Niño. Picture: WFP/Gabriela Vivacqua A map of soil moisture ranges – from NASA’s Earth Observatory – makes Southern Africa appear like the lung of an individual in want…
MUDZI, Zimbabwe — It’s Tuesday morning, and 5-year-old Expertise ought to be at school. As an alternative, he is foraging for the fruit that his household is relying on for meals now that crops have withered within the warmth. Blame the El Nino phenomenon that altered climate worldwide for over a yr, or the bigger…
By AGGREY MUTAMBO By FRED OLUOCH The African Union (AU) is launching one other bid to avoid wasting Sudan from battle, even because it fights what it calls a proliferation of mediation channels competing with each other, amid a mounting humanitarian disaster. This week, the African Union Peace and Safety Council endorsed an “all-inclusive” assembly…
The programme will help the response plans of nationwide governments in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Nigeria. With the correct amount of funding, WFP’s initiative can attain 12 million folks, however with diminishing sources accessible, humanitarians working with the programme have reached fewer folks than anticipated. This comes as…
The double burden of dwindling availability – and insufficient water for consuming and sanitation providers – is compounding the problem, placing youngsters at even higher danger. The Local weather Modified Little one – launched forward of the COP28 UN local weather change summit later this month in Dubai – throws a highlight on the menace dealing…
The U.N. World Meals Programme (WFP) introduced on Wednesday that it urgently wants $400 million to feed thousands and thousands of individuals in Southern Africa, following a extreme drought that has left components of the area in disaster. The WFP said that the funding is important for the subsequent six months to help drought aid…