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Central African Republic (CAR) - Sudan Situation External Update (24 April 2024)
27 Apr 2024 10:34 GMT
Highlights
▪ It has now been over one year since the outbreak of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Sudan has become one of the world’s worst humanitarian tragedies and one of the largest internal displacement …
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Ensuring Food Security and Building a Successful Career in Science With Dr. Segenet Kelemu
26 Apr 2024 15:10 GMT
… of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) Hub at … world to improve agriculture and food security in Africa.
In 2013 … help alleviate poverty, ensure food security and improve the overall … constraints facing my fellow Africans is very rewarding and …
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Zimbabwe: Scaling up anticipatory actions for food security: Anticipatory Action Year in Focus 2023 (April 2024)
25 Apr 2024 03:36 GMT
Executive Summary
2023 was the hottest year ever recorded. A natural El Niño cycle added to the rising trend of global warming, resulting in more frequent and intense droughts, floods, and tropical cyclones. To mitigate these risks, WFP activated …
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Uncomfortable Truth: Africa Supports Ukraine’s Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity
26 Apr 2024 10:59 GMT
… in Ghana, Uganda and Rwanda. This signals a commitment … building the future of Ukrainian-African relations. Generally, Ukraine always … African countries to ensure their food security. Ukraine’s Agrarian Policy … to the second Russia-Africa summit held in St. …
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Hunger-stricken West and Central Africa
24 Apr 2024 04:40 GMT
Hunger continues to grow. According to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), nearly 55 million people are food insecure and 16.7 million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished in West and Central Africa. The region shows an …
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Colley: Amid rising global tensions, enhance Africa food supply
25 Apr 2024 22:06 GMT
… that open doors.
As an African-European, my work worldwide has … African food systems—enabling food security, increasing intra-Africa trade and creating jobs … teff, Ghana’s fonio or Rwanda’s avocados are available to …
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WFP Rwanda Country Brief, March 2024
25 Apr 2024 14:40 GMT
In Numbers
166,646 people reached
USD 726,425 cash-based transfers (CBT) distributed
USD 12.5 million six months (April- September 2024) net funding requirements, representing 52 percent of total requirements
309.62 MT of food distributed
Operational …
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Curbing Feuds over Water in Cameroon’s Far North
25 Apr 2024 13:38 GMT
What’s new? Cameroon’s Far North, the country’s poorest region, is experiencing recurrent inter-communal frictions over water reserves. As national and local authorities try to contain fighting between Choa Arab herders and Musgum fisherfolk, other ethnic …
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BII, Citi to support African SMEs with $100m
25 Apr 2024 02:50 GMT
The United Kingdom’s development finance institution and impact investor, British International Investment, has announced the signing of a $100m risk-sharing facility with Citi to support the trade finance needs of African small and medium enterprises and …
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Madagascar: Anticipatory Action Activation Southern Africa, September 2023
24 Apr 2024 23:15 GMT
Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Anticipatory Action against El Niño: WFP's regional response in Southern Africa
The World Food Programme (WFP) has activated the Anticipatory Action programme in four countries in Southern Africa: Lesotho, …