Ayenat Mersie is a Global Development Reporter for Devex. Previously, she worked as a freelance journalist for publications such as National Geographic and Foreign Policy and as an East Africa correspondent for Reuters.
The biennial State of School Feeding report highlights major advances, especially in Africa, but warns that aid cuts and instability could undermine momentum.
AfDB edges toward shareholder approval to let the African Development Fund tap bond markets while exploring ways for sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and foundations to contribute for the first time.
A new project led by the Global Methane Hub is equipping farmers with real-time pasture data, aiming to close yield gaps and reduce the livestock sector’s largest source of methane.
Sidi Ould Tah takes over the African Development Bank presidency with promises of reform, new partnerships, and a focus on jobs, even as the bank confronts tight budgets and a looming African Development Fund replenishment.
Emerging donors are reshaping the aid landscape, blending commercial aims with development goals in ways that look different from traditional partners.
After nearly two years of conflict and blocked aid, IPC, the global hunger watchdog, declares famine in Gaza, warning that 41,000 children are at heightened risk of death.
As food grows scarce in Malawi's largest refugee camp, people turn to sex work, child labor, and early marriage to make ends meet. Plus, the global school lunch boom, and a road map to close Africa’s $77 billion food gap.
