Southern Africa

Zambia's withered grain fields: Does genetically modified relief food pose health risks? Photo: ©WFP / Brenda Barton

Controversy rages over 'GM' food aid

Zambia, citing health concerns, bars genetically modified grain

The harvest that wasn't. Photo: Eva-Lotta Jansson/IRIN

Southern Africa’s food crisis in numbers*

Africa Southern Africa

Une distribution de nourriture du PAM dans l’école primaire de St. Matthew, dans le district de Chikwawa, au Malawi, le pays le plus touché d’Afrique australe par l’insécurité alimentaire. Photo : PAM / David Orr

UN agencies expand operations in southern Africa as poor harvests deepen food insecurity

Africa food insecurity