KEY POINTS• According to the seasonal calendar (see FEWSNET), the month of May is normally characterized by Diraac/Sugum rains and the start of fruit market gardening, however, this year it has not rained yet and the country is facing a drought. Regard…
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Meta, the company that owns Facebook, is hosting its second annual Africa Day campaign to promote Africans who are making a global impact.The content producer for the film project, South African filmmaker Tarryn Crossman, said Meta identified eight inn…
ABIDJAN— The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s board of directors announced that it approved a $1.5 billion facility to help African countries avert a looming food crisis in the continent.In a statement, the bank said with the disruption of food …
Cameroonian authorities say Monday several hundred civilians took to the streets of Lolabe, a small coastal village on the banks of the Atlantic Ocean. The civilians said they were protesting the recent deal signed by the government for iron ore to be …
Most sanitary pads available for African women and girls are relatively expensive and classified as single-use plastics, which means some take hundreds of years to decompose. To help tackle this environmental problem, a woman-led Kenyan enterprise has …