Citizens and their organisations must unite to enhance food security in their families and communities and advocate for action to end hunger.
The real state of hunger in South Africa
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African population, food and the future | by Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe
It should be obvious in this discussion that our goal is definitely not to contribute to the ‘politically correct’ rhetoric bandied about incessantly which calls for some ‘decrease’ in African population because we do not believe that Africa, in the first instance, is...
West Africa burning | by Amandla! Correspondent
In Senegal a manipulated ruling to allow power hungry President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term, in Nigeria fuel price increases that spurred a national crisis, general strikes and violent state repression, secession struggles in Mali in which scores have been...
The United States and the Lord’s Resistance Army | by Gary K. Busch
US President Barack Obama said on Friday 14 October 2011 that 100 troops would help Uganda track down Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel chief Joseph Kony and other senior LRA leaders. This is interesting, indeed, but it is not news. The US has been among those who...
Is Water the Hidden Agenda of Agricultural Land Acquisition in sub-Saharan Africa? | by P Woodhouse and A S Ganho
Introduction: Land Grab and water requirements Availability of adequate moisture is a fundamental requirement for agricultural use of land. Designation of exclusive rights to use land provides prior rights to ‘green’ water (rainfall and plant transpiration) on that...