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Kenya receives rice donation from China as SGR starts moving maize

China has donated 21,366 metric tons of parboiled rice worth Sh2.25 billion, in fighting hunger in the country. This is about 450,000 50kg bags. Parboiled rice is one that has Read More

Contributes gives $86M more for South Sudan

A young girl who fled fighting in nearby Leer in recent months, queues for food aid at a food distribution made by the World Food Programme in Bentiu, South Sudan Read More

UN urges South Sudan to take greater responsibility for their people

UNHCR High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi meets displaced civilians moving to a new camp in Bentiu, South Sudan June 18, 2017. REUTERS/David Lewis By David Lewis | JUBA Read More

Open letter to Museveni

Dear papa, Mulembe naaabi. Wanyala byosi byesi ukhola. Shalelo nakhalire naabi lwekhuba banaUganda bali khubonabona nenga bakhuwa kamakyesi bakhubolera kamayi. Papa, namanya ini tsibaluwa tsenguwandikhila shutsifuna tta. Ubanga utsifuna khari Read More

Uganda govt to stop giving free seeds to farmers

When you control food, you can control the population. When Uganda army UPDF took over Agriculture is when Ugandans should have paid attention. Today, June 12, Uganda government says it Read More

Ethiopia denies food will run out for 7.8mln by month end

Image copyrightREUTERS Image captionDrought struck Ethiopia last year too Ethiopia has denied suggestions by UN officials that it will run out of emergency food aid for millions of people by Read More

Scores killed in Somalia as crowds scramble for food aid

At least 14 people, most of them civilians, were killed Friday as soldiers clashed over food aid in drought-ravaged Somalia’s southwestern city of Baidoa, where tens of thousands of people Read More

Ethiopia food aid for 7.8M to run out by end of month

WARDER – Ethiopia will run out of emergency food aid for 7.8 million people hit by severe drought by the end of this month, the government and humanitarian groups said.Read More

Drought and food prices driving Kenya elections

The severe drought affecting Kenya, which has driven up the cost of food and fuelled inflation, has become a key issue on the election campaign trail. Food security has deteriorated Read More

Hunger continues to ravage East and North Uganda

Hunger is not only ravaging Teso alone; Karamoja is suffering just as much.By JONATHAN KAMOGA In the last two weeks, The Observer has revealed, through a two-part series, the level Read More

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