Tag:hunger

Human Welfare

Over 12m Nigerians to face hunger – FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations says over 12 million Nigerians are faced with hunger due to insecurity and the...

Michael Simire - November 13, 2021

Human Welfare

WFP warns 45m people now ‘teetering on the edge of famine’

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries had risen...

Michael Simire - November 9, 2021

Human Welfare

Africa records sharpest rise in hunger as 282m people are undernourished, says UN

Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflicts, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19 as between 720 and 811 million people in...

Michael Simire - July 12, 2021

Climate Change

Climate change: Africa faces drought, hunger, mass migration – Experts

Nearly half of Africa’s population could face a future of widespread drought, hunger and mass migration due to the effects of climate change –...

Michael Simire - June 7, 2021

Human Welfare

May Day: World is witnessing three pandemics – Vandana Shiva

We are witnessing three pandemics simultaneously. The first is the Corona Pandemic. The second is the Hunger Pandemic. The third is Pandemic of Destruction...

Michael Simire - May 1, 2020

Agric & Biotech

Niger Delta: Right to food and to be free from hunger

Speaking at the Roundtable on Food Security in the Niger Delta on Thursday, July 29, 2017 in Abuja as part of the EU Climate...

admin - June 30, 2017

Cover

Cattle, bloodshed, hunger and climate change

Violent conflicts have become so pervasive in Nigeria that one could be excused to say that they threaten to become the new normal. Some years...

admin - May 3, 2016

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Post-2015: Buhari urges world leaders to eliminate illiteracy, hunger, disease by 2030

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in New York reaffirmed his Administration's total commitment to the entrenchment of a fully transparent and accountable public revenue...

admin - September 27, 2015