The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Ceasefire ends in Sudan with fresh fighting and no route for aid

With a humanitarian ceasefire set to expire on Monday evening, fighting had already resumed in Sudan. International agencies are still struggling to deliver aid despite the week-long truce.

Radio France Internationale · May 29, 2023

U.N. warns more than one million may flee Sudan bloodshed

Estimates that about a million people might flee Sudan by October may be conservative and conflict there risks increasing people trafficking and spreading weapons across a fragile region, the head of the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday.

Reuters · May 29, 2023

Nigeria’s Tinubu to be sworn in as president amid hopes and scepticism

The new president of Nigeria takes the reins of power on Monday

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023

Sudan humanitarian crisis deepens as aid facilities become targets

Fighting eased in Sudan this week as a week-long humanitarian ceasefire allowed civilians to venture out. Yet for displaced people and refugees, humanitarian groups report a catastrophic situation.

Radio France Internationale · May 28, 2023

‘Day of mourning’: 200,000 Palestinian families lose UN food aid

By August, the WFP will be forced to suspend operations in the West Bank and Gaza if no funding is received.

Al Jazeera · May 28, 2023

Saudi Arabia, US say Sudan factions posturing for escalation

Saudi Arabia and the United States called on Sunday for the extension of a ceasefire deal that has brought some let-up in a six-week war between military factions, but said both sides had impeded aid efforts and were posturing for further escalation.

Reuters · May 28, 2023

Uganda confirms casualties among country's soldiers in Somali attack

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said late on Saturday there had been casualties during an attack by Somalia's Islamist group al Shabaab on a military base manned by Ugandan peacekeepers in the Horn of African country on Friday.

Reuters · May 28, 2023

US, Saudi Arabia call for warring sides in Sudan to extend 'imperfect' cease-fire

The United States and Saudi Arabia are calling on warring sides in Sudan to extend a cease-fire due to expire Monday

The Independent UK · May 28, 2023

United Nations backs Sudan envoy as army seeks to expel him

Sources in Sudan’s foreign ministry told Al Jazeera Volker Perthes will not be allowed back into the war-torn country.

Al Jazeera · May 27, 2023

Truce reduces fighting in Sudan, but little relief for humanitarian crisis

Khartoum was calmer on Saturday as a seven-day ceasefire appeared to reduce fighting between two rival military factions although it has not yet provided the promised humanitarian relief to millions trapped in the Sudanese capital.

Reuters · May 27, 2023