The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Index shows that 83.2 percent of the world’s poorest people live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Egypt recently deepened its involvement in the war-weary Horn of Africa by arming Somalia and deploying its troops in the embattled country. To Ethiopia’s growing alarm, Egypt is also set to join the multinational force supporting the Somali army against the jihadist threat by al-Shabaab. Egypt’s potentially destabilising presence in…

More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said Thursday, with children accounting for over half of those affected.

Pressure grows on Israel to allow in more aid, as UN ambassador says US ‘will be watching’ its actions on the ground

Most food crises are ‘largely manufactured’, charity says in new report published on World Food Day.

From $180/kg tomatoes to $60/kg sugar, Al Jazeera examines the cost of basic food items amid Israel’s assault on Gaza.

Nearly three million people have fled Sudan after 18 months of war in a still-growing exodus, the UN warned, with 25,000 fleeing to neighbouring Chad in the first week of October alone.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has condemned the number of civilian deaths in Gaza and backed an American ultimatum to Israel to force an rise in the flow of aid.

Years of conflict in eastern Congo have created a dire mental health crisis

Standing in the ruins of his home, Nidal al-Arabeed took stock after more than 10 of his family members were killed by Israeli air strikes on the city of Jabalia, as the army tightened its seige on northern Gaza.

Setbacks mean UN goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is impossible to hit, report finds