18 million in Africa’s Sahel on ‘the brink of starvation’

May 23, 2022

Food insecurity is set to reach its highest level since 2014, warned the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Lean season in the #Sahel is approaching. Millions of people are being driven to the fringes of survival. • In Burkina Faso, Chad,...

Scale-up action to combat child malnutrition in Africa’s Sahel

Apr 7, 2022

The West and Central Africa Nutrition working group fears at least 900,000 young lives could be at risk across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal.  They said the number of under fives in the region expected to suffer from global acute...

Cameroon learns potato lessons from Kenya

Apr 1, 2022

Potato is an important food and nutritional security crop in sub-Saharan Africa. However, a quick look reveals a glaring challenge faced by farmers across the continent: limited access to quality seed potato. The situation is no different in Cameroon, where national...