Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa

By Brian Ngugi NAIROBI, May 15 (IPS) – Everlyne Wanjiku, a single mother of five, has earned a living selling vegetables in the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, for over three decades. And even though her earnings were meagre, she was able to provide all her children with a tertiary education.  Read More →

Development

Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa

By Brian Ngugi NAIROBI, May 15 (IPS) – Everlyne Wanjiku, a single mother of five, has earned a living selling vegetables in the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, for over three... 

• Less Politics, More Economic Development
• "Not a Famine, but an Issue of Food Insecurity"
• Q&A: Women Farmers Are Key to a Food-Secure Africa
• Major Effort to Reduce Child Mortality Not Enough

Human Rights

Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa

By Brian Ngugi NAIROBI, May 15 (IPS) – Everlyne Wanjiku, a single mother of five, has earned a living selling vegetables in the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, for over three... 

• Deserting Refugees in the Sahara
• "Not a Famine, but an Issue of Food Insecurity"
• Major Effort to Reduce Child Mortality Not Enough
• Africa’s Two Female Presidents Join Forces for Women

Environment

Cameroonian Farmer Won’t Let Low Rainfall Defeat Him

By Ngala Killian Chimtom SANTA, Cameroon, Apr 23 (IPS) – Olivier Forgha Koumbou washes some freshly picked carrots in a small brook and eats them with relish. His thriving farm in Santa,... 

• South Africa’s Smallholders Lose Battle for Seed Security
• More Toilets in Zimbabwe, Better Livelihoods
• Ghanaian Fisherfolk Blasting Their Way to Finding Fish
• /CORRECTED REPEAT**/: Listening to the Hum of Tilling Machinery in the Sierra Leone Countryside

Economics and Finance

Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa

By Brian Ngugi NAIROBI, May 15 (IPS) – Everlyne Wanjiku, a single mother of five, has earned a living selling vegetables in the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, for over three... 

• Less Politics, More Economic Development
• Q&A: Women Farmers Are Key to a Food-Secure Africa
• Q&A:: Water Infrastructure Falls Far Short in Southern Africa
• Q&A: Skipping Lunch to Afford a Mobile Phone in Africa

Health

Major Effort to Reduce Child Mortality Not Enough

By Jonathan Migneault and Jamila Akweley Okertchiri ACCRA, May 10 (IPS) – Ghana has taken a major step towards reducing its under-five mortality rate by becoming the first African country... 

• Q&A: Ghana's Youth Are "The Future of the Nation"
• Mali – Barely Surviving As One Country Let Alone Two
• South African Township Desperate for Safe Drinking Water
• More Toilets in Zimbabwe, Better Livelihoods

Education

Q&A: Ghana's Youth Are "The Future of the Nation"

Aline Jenckel interviews SAMUEL KISSI, executive coordinator of Curious Minds, a youth advocacy organisation in Ghana UNITED NATIONS, April 28 (IPS) – With a whopping 40 percent of Ghana's... 

• Social Media Activism Takes Root in Malawi
• OP-ED: Kenyan Youth Demanding Change
• The Ticket to an Education in Côte d'Ivoire
• Cameroon’s Baka Pygmies Seek an Identity and Education