More than 40 million people are now struggling to feed themselves across West and Central Africa with that number set to rise ...

The first reliable record is from the 1650s, by G. A. Cavazzi da Montecuccolo in what is now Congo or Angola. By the late 1600s writers noted three kinds of undergound beans on the Gold Coast. One of ...

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The UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 report reveals that food insecurity in Africa is the highest of any world region. The prevalence of undernourishment is 20.4% (some 298.4 ...

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Senegal’s Atlantic Ocean purse-seine tuna fishery has secured Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, becoming the ...