South Africa’s April inflation falls to 5.3 percent
Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) decelerated from 6.1 percent, year-on-year in March to 5.3 percent in April, Statistics South Africa announced on Wednesday. The South African […]
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Lake Chad: US Donates Additional $41m Humanitarian Aid
The United States has donated over $41 million in additional humanitarian assistance to people affected by the Boko Haram insurgency across the Lake Chad region. […]
New Report Makes a Strong Case for Betting Big on Agriculture in Africa
As the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) kicked off this sept. 6 in Nairobi, with the participation of heads of state and high-level officials from […]
Hunger Crisis Hits Northern Mali – UNOCHA
About sixteen percent of Mali’s population is being affected by food insecurity and acute malnutrition this year, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian […]
Southern Madagascar Suffers from Severe Drought
Southern Madagascar has been suffering from a severe drought for almost a year that severely impacted agricultural activities. The government of the Indian Ocean Island […]
Malawi to Import 80k tons of Maize from Neighboring Countries
Malawi will import 80,000 tons of the staple maize from neighboring countries, including Tanzania, to avert hunger, officials said on Monday. 2.8 million People in […]
South Africa to import 5 mln tonnes of maize in 2016
South Africa Agriculture Minister, Senzeni Zokwana on Monday said his country may start importing white and yellow maize from the United States through the AGOA […]
Zimbabwe to import 700k tons of maize after poor harvest
Zimbabwe plans to import 700 000 tons of the staple maize grain to plug a deficit after bad weather affected the crop from the current […]
Over 10 million Ethiopians to go hungry in 2016
More than 10 million Ethiopians will need food aid in 2016, due to the worst drought in decades, officials and aid groups in the Horn […]
South Africa will import white maize from Mexico
South Africa’s recent drought has forced the country to import maize again. The news comes after confirmation that South Africa will import about 50-thousand tons […]