LEBOKU (New Yam) Festival in Cross River State has become more than just the celebration of the commencement of the eating of new yam. It has been promoted as an incentive to drive the development of agriculture in the state. Leboku, by nature, is an agric-based festival. It is a yearly ritual of the Ugep [...]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecqk3oSYUz0 FRED DE SAM LAZARO: For decades, Ethiopia has been synonymous with chronic famine and hunger. Even today, at least five million people depend on food aid to survive. But a growing number of foreign investors are discovering a little-known fact about this East African nation: Ethiopia has vast acres of fertile, arable land. MAN: [...]

UNICEF is appealing for $24.8 million for more food aid in Eritrea, reports Reuters. Aid agencies say drought is causing widespread food shortages and child malnutrition. More than 1 million Eritreans need feeding in 2010 — approximately a quarter of the population. Poor rainfall has hurt Eritrea’s agriculture-based economy, say aid agencies, who rank hunger levels in the country among [...]