The Plateau Patriotic Front has counselled farmers in Plateau State against using the gains from recent government programmes to benefit them on social vices or marriage of new spouses. The PPF made the call as it commended the Governor Caleb Mutfwang administration in Plateau State over its intensified efforts to ensure sustainable food production […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – In a remote community of Miango, Bassa local government area of Plateau State, North-Central Nigeria, 28 years old mother of four, Rebecca Auta, was anxious about their next meal. She had given her kids kunu for breakfast, and the leftover tuwo and kuka soup from […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – The Kingdom of Morocco like other African countries has agriculture contributing to its gross domestic product. Also, the country has over time developed healthy trade relations with countries within and outside the continent. Being the 43rd country to ratify the African Union introduced African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA in […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – Any country that closes its doors to social, economic, and other forms of interaction with others thrives on self-deceit; its citizens and economy would be limited because no country can exist and excel in isolation. African countries including Morocco have had long-standing histories of different forms of trade relations within […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – A food-secured and economically viable country is one whose citizens are nourished and empowered to create wealth. In Africa, wealth creation is majorly from agriculture although efforts have been intensified to develop other equally important sectors like intra-Africa trade and others. Even in Somalia which is having security and climate […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos – Africa, rich in human and natural resources has no business being poor or hungry, but large-scale development challenges have taken a toll on citizens, making them very vulnerable and unable to self-actualize. From Morocco in the North, Zimbabwe in the South, Somalia in the East, Nigeria in the West to […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – Since the arrival of the Seleka rebel group in the Central African Republic, CAR, in 2013; as well as other armed groups engaging in attacks, and reprisals that have caused large-scale displacements of persons, the country has not recovered from the destructions meted on it. CAR with an estimated population […]