Globally, people are experiencing hunger every day. And we’ve seen how crises like climate change and the war in Ukraine are making that worse.  That’s why this year for Mandela Day, the Nelson Mandela Foundation called on global activists to explore sustainable solutions to both food security and the climate crisis.  Add your voice to our petition urging world leaders to end the hunger crisis. ONE Champions Nyombi Morris and climate activist, Sipasi Olalekan are weighing in.  Nyombi on the journey to food...
Top news Hunger emergency: Amidst a historic drought threatening 13 million people in East Africa with severe hunger, the rise in grain, fertilizer, and fuel prices resulting from Russia’s war in Ukraine is exacerbating an already dire problem. A gas shortage persists in some parts of Kenya despite government interventions. The cost of wheat has risen 80% over the past six months, causing the price of bread in Sudan to roughly double. Median food inflation across Africa is 10.6%. Fertilizer...
African countries, which are still dealing with the pandemic’s economic effects, are now confronted with another economic shock from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Exports of wheat, fertilizer, and other agricultural products from Russia and Ukraine have been disrupted. This is driving up the prices of these commodities in African countries, making life for ordinary citizens, including farmers, a lot harder. Russia’s war in Ukraine is severely impacting food security globally, and especially in many African countries that rely on wheat...
COVID-19 has shown the fault lines in healthcare systems around the world, particularly in fragile states where access to public health services has been disrupted or is extremely limited. In Somalia – which has experienced decades of conflict and political instability since the collapse of the state in 1991 – the lack of a robust health system has impacted the country’s ability to deal with the pandemic. Amnesty International found that only one hospital in the entire country – the...
Megan Gieske is a storyteller and photographer based in Cape Town, South Africa. A 1-hour drive from Johannesburg, rolling amber hills replace the concrete and skyscrapers of downtown. This is Tarlton. Here Vutlhari Chauke, the woman behind the agricultural business VT Harvest, is fighting against gender stereotypes and disempowerment, and she is bringing other women along with her. Down a long dirt road, 10 greenhouses stand out against the slanting light of the afternoon sun. Women bend over crops of rocket, mint,...
Rasna Warah is a Kenyan writer and journalist who is working with the ONE Campaign’s COVID-19 Aftershocks project. While Ethiopia is struggling to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, another life-threatening crisis is going largely unnoticed. Famine looms for millions of Ethiopians in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where an alliance of the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF), Amhara militia, and the Eritrean Defence Force (EDF) has gone to war with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), an armed rebel...
Facts from our Africa COVID-19 Tracker Total population: 13.1 million Percentage of population living in poverty: 55% Food inflation: 12.2% (latest: 30 December 2020) People with insufficient food intake: 46.2% (latest: 14 Feb 2021) Children (under 5) with acute malnutrition: 9.2% Children (under 5) with chronic malnutrition: 30.3% Economy In terms of mineral wealth, Guinea is one of the richest countries in Africa. Nevertheless, 36.1% of the population live in poverty.. The country’s economy relies heavily on mining and agriculture. However,...
Facts from our Africa COVID-19 Tracker Total population: 44,269,594 Percentage of population living in extreme poverty: 41.5% Food inflation: -1.2% (latest: 30 January 2021) People with insufficient food intake: 34.1% (latest: 25 Feb 2021) Children (under 5) with chronic malnutrition: 28.9% Economy Uganda is a low-income country with a fast-growing population. 68% of the population work in the agriculture sector, 7% in industry, and 20% in services. Like many African nations, the future of the Ugandan economy is dependent on the...
Facts from our Africa COVID-19 Tracker 21.3 million people require humanitarian aid. 1.8 million people are internally displaced. 792,000 refugees are seeking safety. Ranked 84th of 195 countries for capability to prevent and mitigate epidemics. A socioeconomic crisis As Africa braces for the spread of the latest Ebola outbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic has already placed Ethiopia in an acute crisis. COVID-19 is causing a loss of income for many families who have been simultaneously affected by irregular rainfalls and outbreaks of...
The World Bank predicts the greatest drop in remittances in recent history, with low-income developing countries set to receive US$110 billion less, due to COVID-19 in 2020. Remittances, which are the cash flows sent home by migrant workers to help their families, are a huge source of finance for low- and-middle-income countries. Last year, these countries received 78% of the US$714 billion that were sent around the world. Global remittance flows were five times higher than official development assistance in...