The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Witnesses say conflict escalating in Sudanese region as the army and the RSF battle it out for control.

The country’s warring generals had agreed to 24-hour halt to fighting – but trapped residents and aid workers are scared to move as truce fails

A visual guide detailing the violence that has affected the capital and other parts of the country

Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity in the coming months, a 10-year high spurred by insecurity, climate shocks, COVID-19 and high prices, United Nations' humanitarian agencies warned on Tuesday. West and Central Africa have faced increasing risks caused by higher temperatures and erratic rainfall.…

The World Health Organization's chief called on Tuesday for the parties in the conflict in Sudan to provide access to medical facilities to all those requiring care, warning that medical supplies and personnel in the capital are running low. "I want to be very clear: All parties must ensure unrestricted…

World powers have been quick to condemn the ongoing violence between the Sudanese army and the powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia which has resulted in the death of at least 200 people and has seen diplomatic missions in the country come under attack.

Ceasefire from Tuesday evening follows intervention of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Heavy fighting was still underway in Sudan on Tuesday hours after an internationally brokered truce was supposed to have come into effect, as forces loyal to dueling generals battled for key locations in the capital and accused each other of violating the cease-fire.

Hopes of 24-hour ceasefire to evacuate civilians and wounded after US secretary of state intervenes

Blinken proposed the truce to allow people "to be safely reunited with families and to obtain desperately needed relief supplies."

Regional leaders and experts fear a civil war could lead to new crises in a region battered by conflict and drought.