The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Mali peace deal under threat following increase in attacks by armed Tuareg groups

Armed groups from northern Mali on Tuesday claimed they captured the key town of Bourem, located between Gao and Timbuktu, before pulling out of the town, fuelling fears of the collapse of a peace deal between the ex-rebels and government forces.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 13, 2023

Gabon unveils transitional government, French military cooperation resumes

Gabon's new ruler General Brice Oligui Nguema has appointed former opposition leaders and key figures from the ousted regime to both houses of parliament, as the military junta sets a two-year transition period to democracy and military cooperation with France resumes.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 13, 2023

‘It’s like smoking poison’: Sierra Leone’s youth battle addiction to a mystery drug

No one seems to know what’s in it or where it comes from. Yet the ‘kush devil’ is destroying young African lives. At a rehab centre in Freetown, staff and users are fighting back

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2023

Doctor hits back at criticism over government services as he opens up about growing up on food stamps

‘We are so grateful for our government being able to give us food stamps to allow us to have food, so we did not starve,’ he says

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

As pro-Maratha quota activist refuses to relent, Shinde holds all-party meet

Eknath Shinde held an all-party meeting late evening in Mumbai to break the impasse under the shadow of intensifying tensions between the Maratha and OBC communities across Maharashtra

The Hindu · Sep 11, 2023

Sudan's military chief visits Eritrea for talks with the president on Sudan's conflict

Sudan’s military chief has traveled to Eritrea for a meeting with President Isaias Afwerki, the general’s latest international trip since fighting broke out between his army and a rival paramilitary force in mid-April

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Huge moral case to support children says commissioner amid benefit cut reports

Dame Rachel de Souza said now is a ‘really big moment for us as a nation to support our children and back our children’.

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Climate change 'dystopian future already here', UN warns

The United Nations human rights chief on Monday issued a grim warning about the “environmental horror” being suffered by countries on the frontlines of climate change – adding that food insecurity and human rights crises were now a lethal reality.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 11, 2023

Tanzania opposition leader Lissu released after weekend arrest

Lissu has been holding political rallies across the country since returning from exile in January.

Al Jazeera · Sep 11, 2023

Dozens die from a drone attack on an open market in Sudan as rival troops battle

More than 55 others were wounded in the attack in Khartoum's May neighborhood, where paramilitary forces battling the military were heavily deployed, the Sudan Doctors' Union said in a statement.

WEKU · Sep 11, 2023