Scientists, government officials and farmers are reviving neglected crops and boosting agricultural productivity in a race to cushion Africa from growing food shortages exacerbated by climate change. But only a trickle of donor funds and almost no private capital are directed to the small farmers who produce the vast majority of the continent’s food.
Speaker of Parliament for Ghana, Alban Bagbin, has reaffirmed his stance that the 2024 budget statement and economic policy has not been passed.
The two warring sides in Sudan have been forcibly recruiting civilians to join the fight, and conditions in some refugee camps outside the country are so awful that some men who fled have returned to Sudan, only to be captured and pressed into combat: refugees extravengently and emotional said.
Honouring the hands that feed the nation as the country celebrated this year's 39th Farmers' Day, December 1st, 2023.Knowing how dedicated most farmers in Ghana work assiduously to ensure a better yield for each specific season, irrespective of lack of more sophiscated machines and the economic challenges.
Former South African Best Paralympic athlete track star Oscar Pistorius will be released from jail in January 2024 after being granted parole on Friday. Pistorius was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in 2013.
The U.S. and its allies battle al Qaeda and Islamic State fighters at a bloody crossroads of wildlife, insurgency, geopolitics and military coups.
