Fleeing drought, Somalis face malnutrition and cholera in Kenya
Dadaab, Kenya Reuters When her three-month-old baby fell sick from malnutrition, Dool Abdirahman Ismael left her village in Somalia and walked for three days through swirling dust and scorching heat to the Dadaab Refugee Camp just across the border in Kenya. Ismael, 26, said she had hoped Dadaab would be free of the hunger and […]
Dozens of Yanomami children hospitalised in northern Brazil amid health crisis
Boa Vista, Brazil Reuters Dozens of Indigenous children suffering from malnutrition and acute diseases have been hospitalised in northern Brazil, with relatives in hammocks holding their emaciated frames in scenes that underscore the gravity of a public health crisis. A nurse talks to a mother belonging to the Yanomami Indigenous group, whose son is treated […]
Brazil declares emergency over deaths of Yanomami children from malnutrition
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Brazil’s ministry of health has declared a medical emergency in the Yanomami territory, the country’s largest Indigenous reservation bordering Venezuela, following reports of children dying of malnutrition and other diseases caused by illegal gold mining. A decree published on Friday by the incoming government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the […]
The Long Read: Africa’s food crisis is the biggest yet – five reasons why
JOE BAVIER, ABDI SHEIKH, ADITI BHANDARI and MICHAEL OVASKA, of Reuters, report…
Nigeria’s north-west faces worsening malnutrition – MSF
Lagos, Nigeria Reuters Nigeria faces worsening malnutrition in the northwest due to insecurity, high food prices and the impact of climate change, Medicines Sans Frontiers said on Tuesday, calling for the region to be included in United Nations funding plans next year. Gunmen have terrorised the north-west, killing and kidnapping people for ransom this year. […]
Half a million Somali children face hunger in world’s worst famine this century
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters More than 500,000 Somali children under five are expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition and risk death from famine this year, a number unseen in any country this century, the UN children’s agency said on Tuesday. “We’ve got more than half a million children facing preventable death. It’s a pending nightmare,” James Elder, […]
More than 700 children have died in Somalia nutrition centres, UN says
Geneva, Switzerland/Mogadishu, Somalia Reuters Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said on Tuesday, a day after the global body warned that parts of the country will be hit by famine in coming months. An official in one Somali region described famished people walking long distances with […]
Hungry and malnourished, north-east Nigeria endures humanitarian crisis
Damaturu, Nigeria Reuters Lying on a small bed next to her mother, 14-month-old Aisha Usman stares blankly, her eyes sunk in their sockets and rib cage visible. She is the latest arrival at a treatment centre for severely malnourished children in Nigeria’s northeast, where a long running Islamist insurgency has uprooted millions, forcing farmers to […]
Millions at risk: Ukraine war hits Africa’s most vulnerable as aid costs spike
EDWARD MACALLISTER, of Reuters, reports on how the war in Ukraine is threatening lives across sub-Saharan Africa…
Essay: North Korea – how the COVID outbreak is putting pressure on the regime
In an article first published on The Conversation, CHRISTOPH BLUTH, Professor of International Relations and Security at the University of Bradford in the UK, looks at the impact of COVID-19 on one of the world’s most isolated nations…