Although the “fever” of food prices has cooled down globally, food security challenges remain serious for African countries, as drought, unrest and power shortages are still pushing millions of Africans into starvation.
The message of “No one left behind” was chosen as the theme of the 2022 World Food Day (October 16). In the context that global food insecurity has increasingly pushed more people into poverty, the United Nations called on the countries to unite and address the root causes of the current crisis.
The Japan Innovation Party on Sunday agreed to grant its party leaders full authority to decide on entering a coalition government with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), local media reported. The party will hold an emergency executive session on Monday to formally finalize its stance, Kyodo News reported.
