OXFORD, England (CNS) — Africa’s Catholic bishops have criticized the appropriation of land, natural resources and other economic assets by private companies and called on national...
“It is for the future of humanity that we defend our food sovereignty,” says La Via Campesina. An official statement marking 25 years of collective struggles...
Air pollution is responsible for more deaths than tobacco, alcohol, road accidents, and drug abuse. Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 million deaths across Africa in...
On the eve of an annual gathering of public development banks in Rome, 280 groups from 70 countries have signed a letter slamming them for bankrolling...
A farmer inspects his sorghum garden. Kampala, Uganda. Uganda is among six African countries whose “food scarcity” situation has been categorised as “serious” according to the...
A farmer displays banana plants that were cutdown by company workers. It is now a decade down the road since thousands of people fled their homes...
Poor market information has made the ability to monitor market prices in close to real time difficult GRACE NSOMBA AND SIMON ROBERTS | Southern and Eastern Africa...
By Witnessradio.org Team, Touted and offered as a bridge to one of the 17 sustainable development goals by 2030 – a world free of hunger, the...
UN chief Antonio Guterres. United Nations | Xinhua | Food should be viewed as a human right, not as a commodity, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said...
A member of a farming cooperative working in a field near Divo, Ivory Coast. Most of the world’s food is still raised by small farmers Hundreds...