Hunger levels in West and Central Africa set to hit all-time high – UN
Dakar, Senegal Reuters The number of people struggling to get enough food in West and Central Africa is expected to rise to an all-time high of 48 million by mid-2023, the United Nations said on Friday. About 35 million people – or about eight per cent of the assessed population – are suffering from “food […]
From farm to fork…via app: How tech is tackling food waste
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as inflation and food prices soar, millions in the United States save on grocery bills with apps like Flashfood and Too Good To Go…
Violent protests flare up in Haiti over fuel price hikes, rampant crime
Port-au-Prince Reuters Residents of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince sheltered at home on Tuesday as gun fire rung out, road blocks and burning tires were placed along city streets and protesters threw stones in an angry response to expected new fuel price hikes and crime. The latest demonstrations come as inflation surged to its highest in a […]
Freetown in shock after dozens killed in Sierra Leone protests
Freetown, Sierra Leone Reuters Dozens died in anti-government protests in Sierra Leone, police and other sources said on Thursday, sharply raising the death toll from the previous day’s clashes as shocked citizens stayed mostly behind closed doors in the capital Freetown. Six police officers and at least 21 civilians were killed, the sources said, as […]
Haitians choose between school fees or food as costs rise
Port-au-Prince, HaitiThomson Reuters Foundation Haitian domestic worker Rose Marie Saint-Fort had to pull two of her three teenage children out of classes this year as spiraling living costs meant she could no longer afford their school fees. Like a majority of Haitians, Saint-Fort spends more than 60 per cent of her income on food. With […]
Sri Lankan tea pickers’ dreams shattered by economic crisis
Bogawantalawa, Sri Lanka Reuters On a lush plantation in Sri Lanka, Arulappan Ideijody deftly plucks the tips of each tea bush, throwing them over her shoulder into an open basket on her back. After a month of picking more than 18 kilograms of such tea leaves each day, she and her husband, fellow picker Michael […]
Ukraine war ignites protests in Peru as inflation anger goes global
Villacuri, PeruReuters Marcelo Gonzales is tired and angry about rapidly increasing living costs in his dusty village on Peru’s desert coast, where food and fuel inflation inflamed by the war in Ukraine has ignited protests that threaten to destabilize the government. The social upheaval in the Andean country underscores how the impact of Russia’s 24th […]
Food prices soar in many countries – World Vision report
Food prices around the world have reached their highest point in a decade, jumping by more than 50 per cent in nations including Syria, South Sudan and Myanmar since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report from World Vision Australia. The report – Price Shocks: How COVID-19 is triggering a pandemic […]