The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent warning for Somalia, where 1.7 million young children are at risk of Read more »
At least 12,000 seed samples from 19 genebanks have been deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, safeguarding vital crop diversity amid global challenges. < Read more »
The world's peatlands are "dangerously under-protected", according to a new study, despite their critical role as carbon storage facilities and alarming levels of climate-war Read more »
Famine has been confirmed in more than ten locations in Sudan, according to the World Food Program. Another 17 are said to be "on the brink", as the UN body launches an appeal for ... Read more »
Africa's small-scale fishers, who play a vital role in providing food security and livelihoods, are being systematically ignored in policymaking, according to a Nature < Read more »
Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Ukrainian Nobel Laureate, has urged South Africa to support Ukraine in its fight for freedom, citing shared values and histories of resistance.< Read more »
One in four people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo suffers from "crisis or worse" levels of hunger that affect a staggering 25,6 million people, reports UN agencies.< Read more »
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has urged G20 leaders to address the urgent issue of global hunger, which affected one in every 11 peopl Read more »
Medecins Sans Frontières has called on aid organizations to help curb the "growing" cholera outbreak declared in October. The group said an MSF-supported treatment center ... Read more »
The European Commission has decided not to renew the fishing agreement between Brussels and Dakar due to "shortcomings" in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. Read more »
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