El Niño led to below-average rainfall across the region, while its impact has been exacerbated by warming temperatures linked to climate change. Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the ...

Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking oil into a plastic bottle at a food aid distribution site deep in rural Zimbabwe. “I don’t ...

Hunger remains one of the most pressing and persistent challenges in Africa, affecting millions of lives across the continent. ・Africa is facing persistent and pressing challenges of hunger, driven by ...

The number of hungry people around the world reduced for a third straight year in 2024. But across Africa, conflict, climate change, and economic shocks are increasing hunger and malnutrition.A global ...

A devastating drought induced by El Nino has scorched crops and left millions hungry in southern Africa. As aid groups face budget cuts and broaden their operations to other conflicts, the region’s ...

According to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, a staggering 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in ...

Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — More than 24 million people in southern Africa face hunger, malnutrition and water scarcity due to drought and floods, an aid group has warned, as experts say the ...

The U.N.'s World Food Programme reports nearly 50 million people across western and central Africa are expected to go hungry next year, warning that international funding for humanitarian aid is ...

File — A man stands in a sun-baked dried up watering hole in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, as the United Nations' food agency says months of drought in southern Africa, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Months of ...