food security

ADF STAFF For three decades, foreign vessels have targeted Sierra Leone’s waters for sardines, shrimp, bonga shad and grouper, much of which is sold overseas. The activity of industrial trawlers puts the livelihoods of 500,000…

ADF STAFF African nations are already feeling the devastating ripple effects from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s war against Ukraine will have a lasting impact on the continent’s economies, most notably increased prices on…

ADF STAFF Madagascar has received 4,800 doses of a medicine used to treat people with severe cases of COVID-19. Valued at $36,000, the medicine is used prevent and treat blood clots, which are common in patients with advanced…

ADF STAFF Rampant overfishing, driven by the demands of the global fishmeal and fish oil industry, is leading to food insecurity in West Africa. Artisanal fishermen around the region have angrily denounced the presence of fish oil…

ADF STAFF Under overcast skies, Ghanaian fishermen in a wooden canoe strained to haul in their fishing nets through choppy waters 17 kilometers off the coast. Despite hours of struggle, their nets were mostly empty. “I am not…

ADF STAFF Illegal fishing by large industrial trawlers in Ghana has decimated fish stocks to the brink of collapse and left small-scale fishermen with empty nets. In Elmina, a coastal fishing town about 155 kilometers southwest of…

ADF STAFF A three-month investigation by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has found that 90% of fishing vessels operating in Ghana are owned by Chinese companies. The EJF, a nongovernmental organization that tracks…

ADF STAFF To prevent further decline of fish stocks in the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana recently urged neighboring countries to implement coordinated closed fishing seasons. Paul Odartei Bannerman, deputy executive director of Ghana’s…

ADF STAFF Roughly 12.3 million people work in Africa’s fisheries and aquaculture sector, but their livelihoods are compromised by rules that favor large foreign fleets. According to an analysis published by The Conversation Africa,…

ADF STAFF A pioneering oceanographer called on world leaders to ban industrial fishing in international waters to preserve fish populations and sustain the livelihoods of small fishing communities. Sylvia Earle, 86, made the…