Accra — The Government of Ghana, with support from the World Bank Group and development partners, today launched its AgriConnect Compact, a national framework to strengthen food security, create jobs, reduce food imports, and mobilize investment across priority agricultural value chains. The Compact sets out a coordinated agenda for public and private action to raise…
Unsafe food causes an estimated 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths every year worldwide, highlighting the often-overlooked toll of contaminated food on health, development and fragile economies, according to new data from the UN health agency. The new insights released on Wednesday ahead of next week’s World Food Safety Day, show that children under…
Children aged less than five years face almost three times the risk of illness from unsafe food than older children and adults, according to new estimates released today by the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite being just 9% of the global population, young children suffer from nearly one third of all cases of foodborne diseases,…
Moscow — Within the framework of the Expert Council on Africa at Russia’s State Duma, the lower chamber of parliamentarians, during its annual round-table conference, held in late May 2026, focused concretely on food security in Africa. The Expert Council has further outlined a strategic roadmap to raise collaboration in the sphere of food security,…
INFOGRAPHIC/EMG. By PATRICK MAYOYO More than 80 leading scientists, researchers, and other stakeholders from around the globe have gathered in Rome this week for a pivotal international meeting aimed at advancing understanding of climate change impacts, adaptation strategies, and solutions for agriculture and food systems. The four-day meeting, taking place from 2 to 5 June…
Water drives over half of Mozambique’s economy, 90% of exports, and 84% of jobs–yet floods and droughts cost 6.7% of GDP each year. A new World Bank Water Security Diagnostic and the ProAguas Compact 2026-2036 chart a path forward: $14.3 billion by 2030 to secure resources, deliver services, build climate resilience, and mobilize finance. Discover…
Nairobi — Leaders from the private sector, NGOs and development organisations gathered in Nairobi for the Geopolitics of Sustainability in Africa Summit to discuss food security, climate transition and Africa’s economic resilience. The forum highlighted Africa’s push to move beyond raw material exports towards value-added manufacturing, resilient intra-African trade and sustainable economic transformation, amid concerns…
Millions of people in central Africa rely on wild meat for their nutrition, especially in rural areas around the Congo rainforest, the second largest tropical rainforest in the world. Here, meat from domestic animals is scarce due to poor national transport infrastructure, livestock diseases and lack of forage. As a result, wild meat and freshwater…
President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has reaffirmed his commitment to boosting food security across Africa through large-scale fertiliser investments, declaring that the continent has the capacity to feed itself and become a net exporter of agricultural products. Dangote made this known while addressing journalists in Gode, in Ethiopia’s Somali region, during a high-profile…
David Malpass also said that Beijing’s claim to be a developing nation is no longer credible.
