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ON THE GROUND: Families have been raising livestock in the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia for centuries, but Nick Ferris finds that these traditions are changing thanks to the impact of the climate crisis

Farming has long been seen as low-status work across much of Africa, pushing young people to cities in search of office jobs

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The Atlantic hurricane season may be over

The World Food Program warns that hunger could reach catastrophic levels in parts of Cameroon if a $67 million funding target is not met

Government once seen as progressive on migration says aid cuts to blame for excluding countries ‘not experiencing war’

ON THE GROUND: The UN’s World Food Programme has a reputation for handing out large quantities of food in disaster zones and then moving on. But in Ethiopia, Nick Ferris finds an aid agency increasingly prioritising ‘resilience’ and aiming to make the country self-sustaining. However, escalating aid cuts and the…

On November 12 2025, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) published a joint report that raises alarm bells about the state of global food security. Both agencies warn of a “shrinking window to prevent millions more people from facing acute food insecurity”.

Report says Israel’s operations ‘significantly undermined every pillar of survival’ and reduced the economy by 87%

ON THE GROUND: Nick Ferris visits families forced from their home due to flooding in Ethiopia’s northern Afar region – who say they have been largely deserted by humanitarian organisations as aid cuts have taken hold this year

The World Food Programme says a spike in attacks by militants across northern Nigeria is expected to result in Africa's worst levels of severe hunger next year