The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Human Rights Watch says attorney general has power to facilitate immediate bail, one of activists’ key demands

Peace efforts in Sudan have resumed in Cairo, with Egypt and the United Nations urging warring parties to agree to a nationwide humanitarian truce

Ugandan authorities have shut down internet access nationwide just days before Thursday’s presidential and parliamentary elections, reviving memories of the violent 2021 vote, when connectivity was cut for more than a week and dozens of people were killed.

Francesca Nadin visited Heba Muraisi, 31, in a Wakefield prison at the weekend and says ‘her body is shutting down’

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra is facing renewed violence in the country’s remote south-east just days into his third term, after a militia originally formed with Russian backing turned against the government.

COMMENT: As the conflict in Sudan passes the grim milestone of 1,000 days, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper writes that the same diplomatic energy that helped end the war in Gaza is needed to end the crisis

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Somalia’s capital to protest Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland

Conservative activists wearing MAGA hats have been recorded going door-to-door confronting and confronting Somali-owned businesses across the United States. Videos on Instagram and social media have sparked widespread concern about harassment, racial profiling, and the intersection of online influence and real-world action.

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has held a symbolic burial for 22 people killed in a drone strike in eastern Congo

Somalia’s government is denying an allegation by the U.S. government that authorities in Mogadishu destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program

Forty years since Yoweri Museveni took power in Uganda, he plans to seek a seventh term as president in elections on 15 January. His strongest challenger is former entertainer Bobi Wine, but his party's rallies have been marred by what watchdogs call a "brutal campaign of repression".