By Christine Coudour and Irenee Nduwayezu Farming is Mukeshimana’s only means of feeding her nine children. She grows maize, beans, rice and vegetables on her half-acre farm in the Rutana Province of south-east Burundi. …

By Patrick Mwangi Jeexdin camp has been Mohamed’s home for the past two years. Conflict forced him and his family to flee their home and make the 200-kilometre journey to seek safety in this camp for internally displaced people in Galkayo district in central Somalia. Conflict is not the only…

“We have noticed more cases of malnutrition amongst children during the drought and since prices have increased” — By Lina Mustapha Fatouma, Saida and her daughter Zenab are ‘counselling mothers’ working in the village of Wea in the East African country of Djibouti. Using illustrative booklets to share good nutrition practices, providing dietary advice, and referring malnourished mothers and children to health centres for supplementary feeding, these mothers…

By Petroc Wilton from an interview conducted by Gabrielle Menezes “I was displaced from a place called Goho because of the devastating drought that killed all our animals,” says Halima Abdulle Samatar, a 50-year-old single mother of four. She smiles at her daughters, sitting around her near the small shop…

By Courtney Bennett, Food Systems Process Manager With the launch of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly referred to as the Conference of Parties (COP27) in Egypt, world leaders, UN Agencies, and other key stakeholders, including community-based organisations, have begun to arrive in Sharm El-Sheikh. …

By Isaac Onyango Every day, the World Food Programme (WFP) works around the clock to save lives and change lives for a world without hunger. But we can’t end hunger without a healthy and sustainable planet. Right now, our Earth faces a triple planetary emergency: the climate is heating up too…

WFP is prepositioning 73,000 tons of food items ahead of the approaching rainy season — By Leni Kinzli and Rayyan Elbashier Awatif and her family live in a temporary camp in the town of Al Fao in Gedaref State in eastern Sudan. …

Urban dwellers dependent on the cash economy Tatenda Macheka Nyarai Mugarisi , a 43-year-old mother-of-four, reflects on price increases in recent months. She lives in Chiredzi, a small town in Masvingo province. …

A market gardening project supported by the World Food Programme (WFP) is empowering refugees and vulnerable people in the Republic of Congo. Cécile Mercier The Republic of Congo has been welcoming Central African refugees since late 2013, when waves of conflict, violence, and destruction began to affect its northern neighbour…