The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Senegalese opposition leader wins legal fight to rejoin electoral list

A court in Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's stronghold of Ziguinchor has ordered his reinstatement to electoral lists. The decision paves the way for Sonko to be a presidential candidate.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 13, 2023

Morning Digest | Air India flight from Israel arrives in Delhi; India reiterates call for ‘sovereign, independent, viable state of Palestine’, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest brings readers a select list of stories to start the day

The Hindu · Oct 13, 2023

Over 2 million Nigerians are displaced by farmer-herder conflict in Benue State: there are 4 support systems they turn to

For the past decade many residents in north and central Nigeria have lived in a perpetual state of fear. Conflicts between pastoralists and farmers, land disputes, cattle rustling and mass violence have driven millions of people from their homes.

The Conversation · Oct 12, 2023

Revealed: allegations of abuse and captivity without pay at UAE’s lucrative recruitment agencies

Domestic make claims of being locked up without salary until work is found, denied proper food and beaten for leaving abusive employers

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2023

UN human rights body establishes a fact-finding mission to probe abuses in Sudan’s conflict

The U.N. Human Rights Council has voted to establish a face-finding mission to probe allegations of abuses in Sudan’s monthslong war

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

EU law could stop UK sending migrants to Rwanda despite Brexit, lawyers tell Supreme Court

The argument was described as a potential ‘knockout blow’ for the government’s Rwanda deal if it is accepted

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

UN's World Food Programme resumes food aid delivery in Ethiopia

The World Food Programme said Tuesday it had partially resumed distributing food aid in Ethiopia, after halting assistance four months ago over the diversion of supplies.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 11, 2023

Promises over treatment of asylum seekers in Rwanda ‘aspirational’, court told

Lawyers for the UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, made their legal arguments on Tuesday.

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023

Home Office accused of accepting Rwanda’s promises on UK asylum plan without scrutiny

The government is challenging a Court of Appeal ruling that Rwanda deportation plans are illegal

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023

Peace in Sudan is elusive for any would-be mediators – but a new window of opportunity has opened for outside intervention

More than five months have passed since intense fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group also known as the RSF. In that time, more than 7,000 people have been killed and nearly 4 million others displaced. The conflict is still ongoing, with…

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2023