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The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

‘It’s been a lifesaver’: millions risk going hungry as Republicans propose slashing food stamps

Snap helps more than 42 million people, and is considered the country’s most effective tool to fight hunger

The Guardian - US

Deadly blasts hit M23 rebel rally in captured DRC city of Bukavu

Deaths and injuries reported after explosions at rally attended by thousands in city captured by rebel group

The Guardian - UK

Everything we know about the mysterious illness in Congo as experts explore causes

The outbreak in Congo has claimed over 50 lives, prompting urgent calls for action from health organisations

Evening Standard

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Israel’s bombing of Gaza caused untold environmental damage − recovery will take effort and time

The war in Gaza has come with an awful cost. Tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians have been killed, and thousands more are missing. And while a temporary ceasefire has allowed for increased aid delivery, easing the plight of those facing disease and hunger, experts predict malnutrition and health issues…

The Conversation

At least 11 killed in blasts at M23 rally in eastern DR Congo, rebels say

Rebel commander Corneille Nangaa says 65 people wounded in blasts as DRC’s presidency blames ‘a foreign army’.

Al Jazeera

South Africa’s malnutrition crisis: why a cheaper basket of healthy food is the answer

The death in early February of a 9-year-old South African boy, Alti Willard, who drank poison while scavenging for food in rubbish bins with his father, is a tragic reflection of the persistent food insecurity crisis in the country.

The Conversation

UN Halts Aid In Sudan's Zamzam Camp Amid Intensifying Conflict

Conflict in Sudan's Zamzam camp disrupts aid distribution, risking a humanitarian crisis. International efforts underway to address the situation.

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UK on alert after death toll from mystery illness in Congo rises

The outbreak of a mystery illness has now killed 60 people, the World Health Organisation said

The Independent UK

Kenyan police ‘confident’ of catching killer of Scot found in sack of pineapples

Campbell Scott had been attending a conference in the capital Nairobi when he disappeared on February 16.

Evening Standard

Africa’s medical system risks ‘collapse in next few years’, warns health leader

Focusing foreign aid on infectious diseases has allowed a rise in cancer and diabetes that African governments don’t have resources to fight, says Dr Githinji Gitahi

The Guardian - UK

Concern as mystery illness detected in two distant villages in Congo

The unidentified illnesses have killed 53 people in recent weeks, the World Health Organization says

The Independent UK

Starmer pressed in the Commons to secure release of British-Egyptian activist

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been detained in Egypt since 2019 and was sentenced to five years in prison in 2021 after being accused of spreading fake news.

Evening Standard

Mother of Egypt detainee ready to end hunger strike if UK makes progress

Laila Soueif was hospitalised for low blood sugar this week as she tries to secure release of son Alaa Abd el-Fattah

The Guardian - UK

Sudan's military is making advances to retake the capital. What's changing in the nearly 2-year war?

Sudanese army advances on the ground could potentially change the course of the war as it approaches its two-year mark

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Al Jazeera

Rwanda slams UK sanctions over DR Congo violence

Kigali condemns London’s sanctions over the M23 advance in DR Congo as ‘punitive measures’.

The Guardian - US

‘Like being on the Titanic’: US aid workers fear there is no future in helping others

Trump’s order to stop work on aid projects around the globe has left dedicated staff shocked and demoralised

The Conversation

15 million South Africans don’t get enough to eat every day: 4 solutions

At least 15 million South Africans suffer from food insecurity. That means they don’t have enough nutritious food to live healthy lives.

The Independent UK

South African court dismisses claim of ‘white genocide’ in country

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have accused South Africa of enabling ‘genocide’ of white farmers

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UK suspends aid to Rwanda over support for DRC rebels

The UK government will cease attending events hosted by Rwanda, as well as pausing aid to all but the ‘poorest and most vulnerable’

Radio France Internationale

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan arrives in DRC amid escalating eastern conflict

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his office announced on Tuesday, as the nation contends with a surge in conflict in the east.

Latin Times

Mystery Disease Claims Dozens of Lives, Including Children Who Died After Eating a Bat

More than 50 people have died in the northwest Democratic Republic of Congo from a mystery illness that first appeared in three children who ate a bat.

The Independent UK

UK suspends some financial aid to Rwanda over violence in eastern Congo as rebels dig in

U.K. authorities are punishing Rwanda over its support of the rebels who now control two major cities in eastern Congo

Evening Standard

‘Immediate risk to life’ for mother on hunger strike over jailed son – doctor

The Free Alaa campaign said Laila Soueif is now on the 149th day of her hunger strike and was admitted to hospital on Monday evening.

The Independent UK

Security conditions in a famine-hit camp in North Darfur are 'unbearable,' aid worker says

An international aid worker says that all roads around Sudan’s famine-stricken Zamzam camp in North Darfur are blocked and the security situation for aid workers on the ground has become “unbearable.”

Al Jazeera

The colonial partition that keeps Cameroon split along ‘artificial lines’

A century ago, Germany, France and Britain claimed Cameroon at different times. The scars are seen in conflicts today.

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