Conflicts, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic made more than a quarter-billion people suffer acute food insecurity last year in 58 countries. That’s roughly three percent of the global population which now stands at eight billion. Acute food insecurity is when a person’s inability to consume adequate food puts their lives or livelihoods in immediate danger. In seven of them… Read More

Senegal and Tunisia are among the countries that have fallen the most in the annual press freedom ranking, published on Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The 21st edition of this ranking highlights in particular the effects of disinformation, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In two thirds of the 180 countries assessed, the specialists who contribute to the development of the… Read More

South African Singer, Pretty Yende is set to perform at the coronation of Charles III on May 6, in front of tens of millions of television viewers. Pretty Yende has performed in some of the world’s greatest opera houses, from the Metropolitan Opera House to the Paris Opera, via La Scala in Milan. The 38-year-old Opera singer, who will be… Read More

After an absence of two years caused by the pandemic, the Nomads Festival returned to Morocco. Deep in the desert and over three days, the event aims to keep alive the old ways in a fast moving society dominated by new technology. “The international nomads festival is looking to connect with various activities all linked to nomadism. This festival is… Read More

A person has died in Senegal of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, a viral disease transmitted by ticks, the health ministry told AFP on Tuesday. A butcher on duty at the Dakar slaughterhouse was declared ill on April 21 and died on April 22, Dr. Boly Diop, coordinator of the fight against Congo fever at the health ministry, told AFP. “It was… Read More