Countries

Hunger forces hard choices in Nigeria’s conflict-hit northeast

Gongulong – Ten years ago the threat of jihadist violence forced Falmata Mustapha to abandon the fertile land that her... Read more

26 Oct, 2022

Countries

Food crisis looms in Nigeria as floods destroy crops

Abuja – Usman Musa had spent more than $1 300 on his 10-hectare rice farm in Nigeria’s Kogi state,... Read more

21 Oct, 2022

Cameroon

Hungry elephants, Cameroon farmers struggle to coexist

Campo – Banana growers on the edge of a giant national park on Cameroon’s Atlantic coast say they can... Read more

17 Oct, 2022

Countries

Court challenge in Kenya over GM crops

Nairobi – A Kenyan lawyer said on Friday he has filed a court challenge to a decision by the... Read more

15 Oct, 2022

World

New Zealand outlines plans to tax livestock burps, farts

Wellington – New Zealand on Tuesday unveiled plans to tax the greenhouse gas emissions from farm animals, in a... Read more

11 Oct, 2022

Countries

Kenya lobby groups protest lifting of ban on GM crops

Nairobi – Activists and agriculture lobby groups on Thursday urged Kenya’s government to reverse its decision to lift a... Read more

7 Oct, 2022

Chad

11 killed in clashes between Chad’s herders and farmers

N’Djamena – Eleven people were killed in fighting between herders and farmers in central Chad on Friday, a local... Read more

1 Oct, 2022

Countries

Sudan traditional wind instrument trumpets harvest time

East Ganis – Near the lush fields of his village in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state, Youssef Ismail has... Read more

29 Sep, 2022

Cameroon

Heavy floods ravage West Africa farmlands

Kano – Nigeria rice farmer Adamu Garba squelched barefoot through his paddy fields, surveying damage from devastating floods that have destroyed... Read more

27 Sep, 2022

Chad

Chad death toll in clashes between herders and farmers rises to 19

N’Djamena – Nineteen people were killed in fighting between herders and farmers in southern Chad earlier this month, according... Read more

21 Sep, 2022