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Tag: Food Insecurity
Biden Courts African Leaders, but Some Are Skeptical of Big Promises
President Biden faced a challenge in winning the confidence of a continent where the circumstances of its leaders vary so dramatically.
Biden Hosts African Leaders for Talks on Security, Trade and Outer Space
Nearly 50 African heads of state are attending the first U.S.-Africa summit since 2014. It opened with sessions on civil conflict, democracy and space exploration.
Somalis Are Dying of Hunger. Officials Say It’s Not a Famine. Why?
An official declaration of famine would unleash aid and attention. Some experts say Somalia shows that the international system for making the judgment is broken.
World Leaders Meet as Global Economy Faces Multiple Threats
High inflation, food insecurity and a possible global recession loom large as the Group of 20 summit discussions begin.
Somalis Are Going Hungry. Their Government Isn’t Calling It a Famine.
Humanitarian groups say Somalia’s leaders are resisting a formal declaration of famine that could unlock aid and save lives.
Russia Is Urged to Rejoin Grain Deal as Hunger Warnings Mount
Moscow dismissed accusations that it was using food as a weapon and said Ukraine was to blame for its decision to suspend an agreement that allowed for grain shipments.
Zelensky Accuses Russia of Deliberately Slowing Grain Shipments
The U.N. confirmed a backlog of 150 ships waiting to fulfill contracts to transport Ukrainian food products, a delay that comes as a deadline to renew a grain deal nears.
Inside the Global Effort to Keep Perfectly Good Food Out of the Dump
Around the world, lawmakers and entrepreneurs are taking steps to tackle two of humanity’s most pressing problems: hunger and climate change.
Ukraine’s Top Diplomat Tries to Counter Russia’s Narrative on Africa Tour
“I arrived here and I hear, ‘Russia and Ukraine are one people,’” Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said in Senegal on the first stop of his 10-day trip across Africa.