The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Palestinians ‘starving to death’ in northern Gaza due to Israeli siege

Oxfam official tells Al Jazeera Israel is using starvation as a weapon in its genocide against the Palestinians.

Al Jazeera · Oct 27, 2024

LRA rebel commander jailed in Uganda for war crimes in landmark case

Thomas Kwoyelo, a mid-level commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, was sentenced to 40 years in prison in Uganda on Friday for war crimes including murder, rape, enslavement, torture and kidnap.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 27, 2024

Austerity hurts more than a smack

Letters: when services that support vulnerable families are cut to the bone, it’s no wonder society breaks down

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2024

IMF Raises Concerns About Effects Of Sudan Conflict On Neighbors

The war in Sudan is likely to cause heavy economic damage in neighboring countries, the IMF's deputy director for Africa, Catherine Pattillo, told AFP. "What is going on there for the people in Sudan is just so heart wrenching and devastating.

International Business Times · Oct 25, 2024

Ex-commander of a Ugandan rebel group has been sentenced to 40 years in prison

A former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels was sentenced by a court in Uganda on Friday to 40 years in prison for brutal crimes committed by the group during its insurgency that started in the 1980s

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2024

Wilhelmina Tempest obituary

Other lives: Dutch survivor of the second world war Japanese internment camps who came to Britain to pursue nursing

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2024

Mother of jailed Egyptian-British activist hopes she doesn’t die in hunger strike to secure his release

INTERVIEW: Laila Soueif tells Tom Watling that UK foreign secretary David Lammy has failed to help her son despite spending years in opposition calling for his release

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024

Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group seeks local power in DRC, not just control over mining operations

The violence wrought by the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 Movement is often narrowly framed as intended to control eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s resource-rich mining sites. The rebel group launched its most recent offensive in 2021 and currently controls vast territories in the south-east of North Kivu province, surrounding and…

The Conversation · Oct 24, 2024

Michael Buerk slams BBC for coverage of ‘drugged up faded boy band singer’ Liam Payne in Radio 4 interview

‘The 10 O’Clock news thought it was the second most important thing that happened in the world,’ he said

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024

Zimbabwe’s gold-backed currency loses half its value: Why and what’s next?

Six months in, the gold-backed ZiG touted as a solution to the currency crisis is struggling to win confidence.

Al Jazeera · Oct 24, 2024