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UN says 27% of the world’s children under 5 suffer severe food poverty
Fortune· 1 day ago“Not much milk comes out,” said their 38-year-old mother, Dorcas Simon, who struggles to breastfeed and has three other children. Here in northern Nigeria, where conflict ...
The UN says a quarter of the world's children under 5 have severe food poverty. Many are in Africa
San Mateo Daily Journal· 16 hours agoThe 9-month-old twins cried nonstop and tugged at their mother, seeking attention but also food. The report, which focused on nearly 100 low- and middle-income countries, defines severe food ...
Nigeria: Living in a Bed of Thorns
Strategy Page· 4 days agoSeptember 20, 2023: Before Islamic terrorism became a major source of violence, the most common cause of violent deaths in the north was clashes between farmers defending their land against ...
Ghana’s Africa Cinema Summit Sets Date, Theme & Executive Team For 2024 Edition
Deadline via Yahoo News· 1 day agoEXCLUSIVE: The National Film Authority of Ghana has re-teamed with regional operator Silverbird...
This start-up is making artificial hair from bananas
CNN.com· 8 hours agoAlmost a decade later, now aged 42, Tumusiime is the chief executive and co-founder of Cheveux Organique, which manufactures hair made from banana fibers...
Nigeria: Autonomy, Anarchy and Abandonment
Strategy Page· 7 days agoNovember 18, 2021: Local officials in the northwest (Niger state) claim that more Boko Haram gunmen have been arriving and have taken control of five villages. A security task force is being ...
Analysis | More than 1.5 billion people have faced dangerous heat this year
Washington Post· 10 hours agoBy the end of May, more than 1.5 billion people — almost one fifth of the planet’s population — endured at least one day where the heat index topped 103 ...
International Briefs
Marshall Independent· 13 hours agoDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health officials say an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced families in central Gaza killed at least 33 people including 23 women and ...
The National Basketball Association is making a big bet on Africa
The Economist· 1 day agoSport occupies a hallowed place in the history of pan-Africanism. The Confederation of African...
Will India’s new government turbocharge efforts to tackle poverty?
The Economist· 2 days agoWhen it won its independence in 1947, India suffered from appalling poverty. Campaigning in rural...