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FAO warns of maize shortfall across Southern Africa

24/04/2024

Recent weather trends associated with El Niño have decimated harvest prospects and point to rising prices and import needs

No longer a minefield

17/04/2024

Rehabilitating lands scarred by diamond mining to offer new livelihoods in Sierra Leone

Sudan: Cereal production down by over 40 percent, likely exacerbating hunger

16/04/2024

Director of the FAO Office of Emergencies and Resilience, Rein Paulsen, evaluates the food security situation on the ground and urges continued global support

Worsening hunger grips West and Central Africa amid persistent conflict and economic turmoil

15/04/2024

Nearly 55 million people in West and Central Africa will struggle to feed themselves in the June-August 2024 lean season, according to the March 2024 Cadre Harmonisé food security analysis released by the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS).

5 things you should know about how conflict in Sudan is devastating agriculture and people's food security

15/04/2024

One year on from the start of the most recent hostilities in Sudan, here are five things to know about conflict’s devastating impact on agriculture and food security.