Rising food prices have historically led to social unrest in many parts of the world, and Africa is no exception. Sudan’s rising bread prices in 2018 sparked the protests that ultimately brought ...

Addis Ababa, April 6, 2025 (ENA) -- East Africa's escalating food insecurity, fueled by climate change is in need of innovative climate-smart solutions, according to IGAD and ILRI experts.

KAMPALA, Uganda — More than 50 million people across East Africa are expected to face acute food insecurity this year, a regional bloc said Friday, warning that some 300,000 people in Somalia ...

As COVID-19 threatens the people of East Africa, locusts threaten their livestock and their food. The region suffered an initial swarm of the destructive insects in February but is now ravaged by ...

As the UN marked World Food Day last week, international organisations noted that five million people remain highly food insecure in the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

East African countries are being hit hard by ongoing conflicts, global inequality and surging food prices. Five years of drought followed by destructive heavy rains have affected Ethiopia, Kenya, and ...

Named after Romanat, a village in northern Ethiopia, the family-style platters here are a traditional representation of East ...

The last time Good Food spoke to Zaynab Issa, she was telling us what's on her table at iftar (kalimati and Afghan mantu). Now, she has a cookbook — Third Culture Cooking: Classic Recipes for a New ...

Last year alone, USAID’s Food for Peace program, the organization’s primary food distribution program, donated nearly $700 million in aid to the three most drought-affected nations in East Africa.

KILOSA, Tanzania - The huge stock of maize Jumanne Masele put aside last year was enough to spare his family from hunger and earn him cash to repay his debts - or so he thought.