World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Food Security
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Kenya: Report Blames Counties' Lopsided Priorities for Acute Food Insecurity
Poor allocation of funds for agriculture, wrong priorities and lack of co-ordination from the government have pushed Kenya into a food crisis. Hopes that agriculture would thrive under devolution have
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Kenya: Baringo, WFP in Sh2 Billion Deal to Fight Hunger
Baringo County has entered into a Sh2.3 billion deal with the World Food Programme in a bid to fight perennial hunger resulting from drought. The partnership seeks to strengthen emergency preparedness
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Kenya Faces Worst Drought in 38 Years
The dry weather witnessed in the long rains season from March to May will be the worst in 38 years, worsening food shortages, water scarcity and piling pressure on electricity bills. Intergovernmental
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Turkana women leading green revolution in Kenya amid biting drought
Under the scorching sun in Kenya's Turkana located about 700 km from Nairobi, a group of women have slowly been leading a green revolution amid a biting drought that has affected both animals and civilians.
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Have hope, humanity is finding ways to defeat climate change
Some 35 years ago, in the year 1984, Ethiopia was in the midst of an acute famine, leading to the loss of at least 400,000 lives and an international humanitarian campaign which people remember to this
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IGAD warns against food insecurity in Somalia
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has warned of impending food insecurity amid severe drought ravaged the region. In a statement, the bloc said urgent action is immediately needed
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Agency urges Nigerian farmers to use improved seeds in 2019
As preparation begins for the 2019 farming season, officials of the National Agricultural Seed Council ( NASC) on Thursday to the streets of Abuja on an awareness campaign on the importance of using improved
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UN agency says drought displaces over 137,000 Somalis in 3 months
Severe drought ravaging Somalia, coupled with conflict and evictions, has displaced more than 137,000 people from their homes from January to March, the United Nations refugees agency said Thursday.
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AfDB official urges polices to help cut Africa's food import bill
An African Development Bank (AfDB) official on Thursday urged African countries to put in place polices that would help cut the continent's food import bill. Africa's food imports are expected to rise
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South Africa: Fall Armyworm Detected in Western Cape
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has advised farmers and community members to take precautionary control measures to ensure early detection and effective control of Fall Armyworm (FAW)