Stakes rise for South Sudan: What’s happening, and why it matters

12 november 2025 - 15:54:01

New York,US (PANA) - South Sudan is entering a period of rising instability marked by political polarisation, renewed armed clashes, and severe humanitarian strain, senior [...] Full text...

Investing in nutrition is smart economics: World Bank Blog By Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Senior Managing Director

02 april 2025 - 12:57:18

Porto-Novo, Benin (PANA) - Felicienne Soton is part of a women's group that produces gari (cassava flour). She and her group in Adjegounle village have [...] Full text...

Can Angola, the second largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, transform itself from a food insecure country to a regional food hub? World Bank Blog By Izabela Leao and Nelson Eduardo

21 december 2024 - 11:22:40

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Walking around Luanda, the capital of Angola, it's easy to marvel at the large, modern buildings, but also to wonder why [...] Full text...

World Bank projects boost food security, economic opportunities in Tunisia

15 march 2024 - 14:44:08

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved two new loans worth US$520 million, providing additional financing to address Tunisia’s food [...] Full text...

New seeds, better seeds? World Bank Blog By Sergio Puerto, Ph.D. candidate in Applied Economics at Cornell University

17 december 2023 - 12:55:59

Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Imagine you are a scientist in charge of deciding which new crop variety to make available to farmers in [...] Full text...

Current El Niño likely to affect food security in several African countries

17 october 2023 - 07:30:02

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) –  Heads of international organisations have urged countries to balance short-term urgent interventions with longer-term resilience efforts as they respond [...] Full text...

OCP Group, World Bank join forces to boost food security, agricultural developt in West Africa

11 october 2023 - 14:17:33

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank and the OCP Group on Wednesday announced a game changing partnership to support farmers in West Africa and [...] Full text...

Geo-economic fragmentation threatens food security, clean energy transition: IMF Blog

03 october 2023 - 17:20:57

Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 fragmented major commodity markets. Countries have since restricted trade in commodities, with a [...] Full text...

African Union responds to biting food shortage in Africa

14 july 2023 - 14:19:35

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Union is using a US$2.8-billion financial package from the World Bank to support food security initiatives in Africa, especially [...] Full text...

Mauritius to consolidate food safety standards

29 june 2023 - 12:34:28

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Codex Trust Fund project, including the Codex Mauritius website, engaging the the Codex Alimentarius, a set of internationally recognised standards [...] Full text...

Technical, Financial Partners pledge CFAF 18,135 billion for food sovereignty of African countries

27 january 2023 - 19:22:29

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The technical and financial partners (TFPs) represented at the second Dakar Forum on Agriculture have pledged to provide Africa with US$30 [...] Full text...

Senegalese and Irish presidents discuss food security

25 january 2023 - 15:44:23

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese President Macky Sall and his Irish counterpart, Michael D. Higgins, on Tuesday discussed food security and the impact of climate [...] Full text...

Libyan newspaper deplores authorities' inaction on food security crisis triggered by Russia-Ukraine war

12 january 2023 - 15:38:04

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than one year after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, which caused a food security crisis at the global level, [...] Full text...

African countries renew commitment to improved nutrition

15 december 2022 - 12:59:36

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Member States renewed their commitments towards nutrition on the continent at a high-level event of the 2022 African [...] Full text...

Mauritius launches 2022 National Nutrition Survey

21 july 2022 - 10:54:25

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness on Thursday launched the 2022 National Nutrition Survey with the objective to study food [...] Full text...

UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021

06 july 2022 - 16:49:55

Rome/New York, UN (PANA) - The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition report shows the world is moving backwards in efforts to eliminate hunger [...] Full text...

'IFAD’s projects in Gambia to help increase food production'

20 june 2022 - 10:21:04

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mr. Donald Brown, Associate Vice President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has said that the Fund's projects in [...] Full text...

Mauritius to conduct Nutrition Survey

14 may 2022 - 06:31:58

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness will conduct the fourth Mauritius Nutrition Survey this year. It will be in collaboration with [...] Full text...

Libyan minister calls for food security strategy

12 may 2022 - 10:47:59

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Mohamed al-Haweij, has called for a team [...] Full text...

Mali receives more than 327 million CFA francs from Spain for 2022 National Food Response Plan

08 april 2022 - 16:43:31

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Spanish government has offered Mali, through the World Food Programme (WFP), more than 327 million CFA francs to support the [...] Full text...

Mali: More than 1.8 million people need food, nutritional assistance

22 february 2022 - 20:20:08

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Prime Minister, Choguel Kokalla Maiga, indicated on Monday in Bamako, at the opening of the 18th ordinary session of [...] Full text...

Mali needs 64,000 tonnes of cereals to ensure food security in 2022

31 january 2022 - 17:08:59

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali needs 64,000 tonnes of cereals to support its needs to ensure food security in 2022, Deputy Director of the Food [...] Full text...

Food systems ignoring needs of rural people doomed to fail - IFAD warns

24 july 2021 - 13:35:05

Rome, Italy (PANA) - If the world  ignores the challenges and needs of rural people in the poorest countries, attempts to create more equitable and sustainable [...] Full text...

Sudan, FAO and WFP call for investment in agriculture

14 june 2021 - 17:42:44

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, along with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme [...] Full text...

Development banks, partners pledge over $17 billion to increase food security in Africa

30 april 2021 - 17:14:36

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - A coalition of multilateral development banks and development partners has pledged over US$17 billion in financing to address rising hunger [...] Full text...

‘Triple threat’ adds to long-standing crises menacing food security in Somalia – FAO

17 february 2021 - 18:07:50

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Poor rainfall, flooding and desert locusts are contributing to extreme food insecurity in Somalia, threatening 2.6 million people, the UN agriculture [...] Full text...

More than 950,000 will be food insecure in Mali during lean season

10 february 2021 - 13:40:12

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 957,751 people will be food insecure in Mali during the lean season (August-September) this year, including 33,848 in [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Germany avails €27.3 million to IFAD to help avert a pandemic food crisis

07 december 2020 - 13:16:24

Rome,  Italy (PANA)- In view of a looming food crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany has committed €27.3 million to the UN’s International Fund [...] Full text...

Niger: AfDB grants US$35m to ensure food security for 1.5 million people in rural areas

31 october 2020 - 03:31:10

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday donated US$ 35.4 million to the government of [...] Full text...

Senegal launches agricultural project for food security and financial power for people south of country

25 september 2020 - 15:07:51

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The African Network for Integrated Development (RADI), in its fight to ensure food security for vulnerable groups, launched Thursday in the [...] Full text...

Violence leaves more than 300,000 ‘completely reliant’ on assistance in northern Mozambique - WFP

22 september 2020 - 12:24:50

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) -Worsening conflict, combined with a precarious humanitarian situation, has forced more than 300,000 people to flee their homes and villages in Mozambique’s Cabo [...] Full text...

African Leaders for Nutrition call on leaders to embed nutrition within the Covid-19 response and recovery

15 september 2020 - 18:19:52

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) have unveiled a position paper calling upon African Heads of State and Government to [...] Full text...

Zimbabwe households expected to limit daily meals as economy worsens

10 august 2020 - 12:20:05

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development’s food security arm, FEWS NET, says households are expected to limit meals daily owing [...] Full text...

Covid-19: Pandemic makes Mauritians aware of food security, self-sufficiency

09 july 2020 - 11:08:10

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security minister Maneesh Gobin said on Tuesday that the Covid-19 pandemic has made people aware of [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: AfDB unveils roadmap to safeguard food security in Africa

09 june 2020 - 21:16:02

Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programmes to assist African countries in [...] Full text...

IFAD-backed projects boost agricultural productivity, incomes in Madagascar: Report

04 june 2020 - 12:05:11

Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Rural development projects financed and supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have helped to reduce rural poverty and [...] Full text...

Tanzanian expert, Bhunu, joins UN sustainable agriculture body

28 may 2020 - 16:38:43

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Tanzania's Sara Mbago-Bhunu, is among 22 renowned experts from across the Global South who are joining a major new Commission on [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Germany gives CFAF 7 billion to Mali for food security and resilience

08 may 2020 - 17:25:32

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Germany has granted Mali an additional financial contribution of CFAF 7.2 billion, through the World Food Programme (WFP), in its programme [...] Full text...

UN report rates Zimbabwe among top global food crises

28 april 2020 - 12:37:09

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A major deterioration in food insecurity is expected in Zimbabwe as a result of persisting economic difficulties, eroded household resilience, rainfall [...] Full text...

Mali needs 56,000 tonnes of cereals to build its food security stock

25 march 2020 - 10:25:47

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali needs 56,000 tonnes of cereals, 16,000 tonnes of livestock feed and a few hundred tonnes of seeds worth 22 billion [...] Full text...

WFP completes agricultural rehabilitation in south Congo

06 march 2020 - 14:37:06

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Food Program (WFP) representative in Congo, Jean-Martin Bauer, on Thursday signed in Brazzaville the certificate of remission of China's [...] Full text...

Food security in West Africa at the centre of a high-level meeting in Niamey

18 february 2020 - 13:15:55

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A high-level meeting on the food and nutrition situation of in the Sahel and West Africa opened on Tuesday in Niamey, [...] Full text...

Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa orders govt to prioritise food amid fear of famine

04 february 2020 - 17:40:28

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed his government to focus on food security amid the heightened possibility of the country facing [...] Full text...

Somalia desert locust outbreak threatens food security in Horn of Africa

18 december 2019 - 16:00:30

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Somalia faces the worst Desert Locust outbreak in a quarter of a century with the risk of spreading to Djibouti, Ethiopia [...] Full text...

Forum of Central African parliamentarians on food, nutritional security opens in Brazzaville

19 november 2019 - 22:37:11

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)   -  A three-day forum of Central African parliamentarians on food and nutritional security opened here Tuesday in an effort to seek a [...] Full text...

Cotonou hosts international meeting on food security

06 november 2019 - 23:40:30

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Cotonou Wednesday began hosting an international technical conference on the “Efficient Approaches to fight against Malnutrition and scale-up Potential” within the [...] Full text...

Congo: Brazzaville to host forum of ECCAS parliamentarians on nutrition in November

17 october 2019 - 21:24:13

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)   -   The Speaker of the Congolese Parliament, Isidore Mvouba, at the opening of its seventh ordinary session here Thursday announced that Congo [...] Full text...

Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, warns UNICEF

15 october 2019 - 14:01:53

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - An alarmingly high number of children sufferer the consequences of poor diets and a food system that is failing them, UNICEF [...] Full text...

New UN report shows bottlenecks to sustainable land management in Africa

09 october 2019 - 23:04:02

Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)  -  A new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released Wednesday on the sidelines of the Africa Climate Risks [...] Full text...

Stakeholders urge private sector to address aflatoxins in ensuring food security in East Africa

09 october 2019 - 15:30:14

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)  - With growing concerns on food security in the region, the East African Grains Council (EAGC) on Wednesday called for the [...] Full text...