Central Africa

Moussa has been cultivating crops for years without any proper technical guidance.   Last week, the young man from Fachi, northern Niger, participated in a workshop...

Download logoLast week the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) started assisting the voluntary return and relocation...

A wooden boat carrying 49 migrants was returned to Libya after becoming stranded in Maltese waters when its engine stopped working.  The International Organization for...

The path to reducing unacceptable hunger levels "lies in our ability to transform the agricultural sector", FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today at a...

Download logoSome 6.5 million people in South Sudan - more than half of the population - could be in acute food insecurity at the...

Download logoFAO Director-General QU Dongyu today welcomed a $10 million donation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the fight against the...

Download logoThe Government of Ethiopia is racing against time to control Desert Locusts as the February – May Belg season starts. With support from the Food and Agriculture Organization...

Download logoFAO Director-General QU Dongyu today welcomed an € 11 million contribution from the European Union as the UN agency steps up efforts to fight...

FAO advances Global Action to control the spread and damage of a crop-eating pest affecting millions of livelihoods Tools are available to wrestle Fall Armyworm,...

Download logoThe World Health Organization (WHO) officially designated COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March 2020.There are now 137 confirmed cases in Africa. “With COVID-19 officially...