The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

The East African Community deployed a regional force for the first time into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2022. Just over a year later, the troops have started withdrawing amid tension with the host state. We asked Jenna Russo, who has covered the conflict and interventions in the…

Prime minister under pressure from both sides of his party as Commons prepares to vote on safety of Rwanda bill

In June, Mali’s military government, which seized power in 2020, demanded the departure of the decade-old mission.

Here’s what’s at stake as millions go to vote this December in Africa’s second-largest country by size.

Move Afrika, launched by grandson of Nelson Mandela, aims to draw on success of Afrobeats and support a new generation of musicians

An African regional bloc says Sudan’s warring generals have agreed to hold a face-to-face meeting as part of efforts to establish a cease-fire and initiate political talks to end the country’s devastating war

The ICRC says it is shocked and appalled by the attack, which it described as deliberate.

The United Nations has only been able to reach a fraction of the nearly 25 million people needing aid in war-devastated Sudan, the head of the UN's humanitarian response in the country says.

For as long as I can remember — or as long as I’ve had untrammelled access to a fridge and cutlery — I have used lunchtime sandwiches as both a yardstick and a corrective for my own mental state.