The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Catholic charity Cafod says local NGOs are best placed to respond on the frontline but are being cut out of the process

Beset by crumbling infrastructure and food shortages, Syria’s war-ravaged population was unprepared for the deadly quake

Sudanese political and civil forces continued their consultations in Cairo within the framework of the workshop on the "Prospects of Democratic Transformation towards a Sudan for All," with the participation of dozens of Sudanese figures. Informed Egyptian sources revealed that the consultations resulted in several agreements between the parties on…

Hope of employment more than religious belief is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) based on interviews with hundreds of former fighters.

Armed assailants killed at least 22 civilians and three police officers during an attack in northern Burkina Faso on Saturday, the interim government said on Monday.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali on Monday said it remained committed to its mandate despite the expulsion of the head of its human rights division over the weekend.

Congo's government on Monday blamed M23 rebels for an attack on a helicopter that killed a United Nations peacekeeper, as hundreds in the eastern city of Goma demonstrated over spiralling insecurity in the region.

Benjamin Brière, the French tourist who was jailed in Iran in May, 2020, has been on hunger strike since 28 January. Announcing the development, his sister Blandine Brière and the imprisoned man's legal team said it was the only protest available to him.

Benjamin Brière, a French national held in Iran, has gone on hunger strike for the second time since his incarceration in May 2020, his sister and his lawyer said Monday.

The head of the human rights division of the United Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been declared persona non-grata by the Malian authorities. Guillaume Andali has been asked to leave the country by 7 February. The government accuses him of bias.

Children will be able to get a free bowl of Quaker porridge from 8am to 12pm every day in 205 Asda supermarket cafes across February half term on top of the existing £1 kids main meal deal