Tag Archives: HUNGER

Hannibal Gaddafi, a son late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has gone on hunger strike in Lebanon. His lawyer Paul Romanos confirmed to the BBC that Hannibal’s strike is connected to his prolonged detention in Lebanon. Hannibal Gaddafi has been held in Lebanon for more than eight years after being abducted …

A 46-year-old man, Hassan Azeez has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command, for pouring petrol on his wife and setting her ablaze. The command spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement issued in Abeokuta yesterday, said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Ibogun divisional headquarters …

  The ex-wife of actor LilWin has confessed that she cheated on him because she was starving and LilWin was constantly cheating. According to her, the actor failed to support her financially which prompted her to look for satisfaction elsewhere. “I saw her [Sandra’s] nude photos on LilWin’s phone, that was when I believed the …

The Nation Builders’ Corps (NABCo) Trainees Association of Ghana has called on the government to pay the allowance arrears owed its members.  The trainees, who have not been paid their allowances in the last couple of months, say due to their current situation, they may not be alive to see …

The United Nations is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks, and rising costs. The hunger crisis may press increased numbers of people to migrate out of …

Oliver Barker-Vormawor enters his second week behind bars since his arrest on February 11, 2022, after his arrival at the Kotoka International Airport, from the United Kingdom. The #FixTheCountry convener was confirmed to have started a hunger strike since he was taken into custody. An aide to former President John …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionAbout 1.7 million people have been displaced since the fighting in Tigray began last November About 33,000 severely malnourished children in the Tigray region of Ethiopia are at high risk of death, the UN children’s agency Unicef has warned. Tigray has been devastated by fighting between government forces …

Ghanaian gospel musician Patience Nyarko has asserted that a lot of fasting Christians claim to undergo is due to the fact that they are hungry and cannot afford food at the time. In an interview with Rev Nyansa Boakwa on Happy 98.9 FM’s NsemPii, she said, “I’ve been a victim, …

International institutions are warning of a growing food crisis in southern Africa, with up to 50 million people at risk. The UN’s World Food Programme says Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe are the worst affected countries. These were hit by a devastating drought in 2019 and have been ravaged this …

Shehu Isah Daiyanu Dumus has run out of cash and says he only has a few handfuls of cassava flour left to eat. The 53-year-old paraplegic man usually sells phone cards. But an extended lockdown to fight the new coronavirus in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, has left him stranded. The …