SG/SM/20978 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General is following with concern the ongoing developments in Eswatini,...
A favourable 2020-2021 rainy season and above-average regional cereal supply across most of Southern Africa caused the number of severely food insecure people to decrease from 25.1 million in May...
KEY MESSAGES ↗ Wheat export prices increased for a third consecutive month reflecting continued strong global demand amidst tightening export availability. Sustained by a mild improvement in trading...
Mbabane: In response to ongoing violence against children and the closure of schools, Save the Children’s Executive Director in Eswatini, Dumisani Minsi, said: “Save the Children is deeply concerned...
Child marriage is widely recognized as a violation of human rights and a hindrance to national development. In fact, evidence suggests that the practice of child marriage is closely associated with...
KEY MESSAGES • Maize supplies in Southern Africa are at their highest levels in the past decade, driven by above average production during the 2020/21 production year and above average regional...
Overview: In East Africa, harvesting of main/Meher season cereals is underway in the north with generally favourable conditions except in areas impacted by ongoing conflict, socio-economic...
L’Afrique subsaharienne sort de la récession en 2021 mais la relance reste fragile WASHINGTON, 6 octobre 2021—L’Afrique subsaharienne devrait sortir de la récession causée par la pandémie de COVID-19...
Sub-Saharan Africa Exits Recession in 2021 but Recovery Still Vulnerable WASHINGTON, October 6, 2021 —Sub-Saharan Africa is set to emerge from the 2020 recession sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic with...
Our monthly conflict tracker warns of four conflict risks in October. A tense power struggle between Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble could...