hunger

Tanzania tops region in hunger levels: GHI

Tanzania tops region in hunger levels: GHI

Tanzania has been found to top the region in hunger levels. This according to the Global Hunger Index (GHI) which was released in October 2016 by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in partnership with Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide. The report which was dubbed Getting to Zero hunger notes that the developing world has made substantial progress […]

Singer Jose Chameleon on hunger strike

  East African cerebrated singer Dr. Jose Chameleon stormed the Tanzanian embassy on Kagera Road in Kampala and pitched camp outside the embassy offices bringing work around the embassy to a stand still. The singer was demanding for the release of his passport. He vowed not to eat food and to sleep at the embassy […]

Drought in East Africa raises worries of hunger and starvation

Christian Aid has launched an emergency humanitarian appeal to help people across the east and Horn of Africa after two failed rainy seasons have left ten million on the brink of starvation. Drought and displacement combined with rising global food prices have left Kenya and Ethiopia in particular facing severe food shortages, with UNOCHA reporting that […]