The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Israel accused of spraying cancer-linked herbicide on farms in southern Lebanon

President condemns ‘environmental and health crime’ as critics say Israel seeks to make southern Lebanon uninhabitable

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5

Famine spreading in Sudan's Darfur, UN-backed experts warn

Famine is spreading in Sudan's western Darfur region, UN-backed experts have warned, as a grinding war between the army and paramilitary forces has left millions hungry, displaced and cut off from aid.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 5

Nigeria deploys army to Kwara state after deadly mass shootings

Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has deployed an army batallion to the western state of Kwara after gunmen killed at least 162 people in one of the country's deadliest attacks in recent months.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 5

Ethiopia's prime minister accuses Eritrea of mass killings during Tigray war

Ethiopian prime minister has accused Eritrea of mass killings while fighting alongside government troops against regional forces in the war in the troubled northern region of Tigray that ended in 2022

The Independent UK · Feb 3

French magistrate reportedly summons two French-Israelis over ‘complicity in genocide’

Nili Kupfer-Naouri and Rachel Touitou said to be accused of trying to block delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3

Families mourn those killed in a Congo mine landslide as some survivors prepare to return

A landslide last week killed at least 200 people in eastern Congo at a rebel-controlled coltan mine and families of the deceased are mourning their lost loved ones

The Independent UK · Feb 3

Aid agencies in South Sudan decry restricted access as government and opposition troops fight

Humanitarian organizations in South Sudan say restricted access to the conflict-hit eastern state of Jonglei has left thousands of people in need of lifesaving medical care and food assistance at risk

The Independent UK · Feb 2

What to know after a deadly landslide in eastern Congo kills at least 200 miners

A landslide last week collapsed tunnels at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, leaving at least 200 people dead

The Independent UK · Feb 2

World leaders urge restraint as clashes in western Tigray resume

The fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, which resumed last week, has prompted concern from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, as well as from the African Union, the European Union and the UK, all of whom have called on the parties to exercise restraint.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 2

'Executions, torture, abductions, rape': Ethiopia’s hidden conflict

Ethiopia’s Oromia is the country’s biggest state, with 35% of the population and home to the capital, Addis Ababa

The Independent UK · Feb 2