Tag: World Food Programme
Southern Africa is running dry
Forty one million people in the SADC region of Africa are in need of humanitarian food aid. The worst drought in 35 years is...
Food-for-work scheme restores hope
The dry, spiny forests of southern Madagascar comprise one of the most unique ecosystems in the world, and a new food-for-work scheme is helping to protect the fragile environment while ensuring food security.
• Africa can produce the food it needs
African leaders pledge climate talks unity
Meeting at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, the leaders of South Africa, Gabon and Kenya have pledged to take a united stance at the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban in November.
