The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Unpaid health worker opens up on battle to slow fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever

Wiza Bondele has been working without pay since the outbreak was declared in mid-May

The Independent UK · Aug 7

‘I want the world to know my sister’s name’: friends and families of 17 aid workers killed in 2006 Muttur massacre demand justice

Twenty years on, no one has been held accountable for the brutal killings of young Tamils working for a French NGO in Sri Lanka

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6

PTI apologises to Priyank Kharge for misreporting remarks on police constable exam

The Press Trust of India (PTI) on Tuesday, August 4, apologised to Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge after admitting it had misinterpreted his remarks on the controversy surrounding the police constable recruitment examination in Karnataka. The news agency withdrew its earlier social media post, but Kharge said the apology could…

Newslaundry · Aug 5

Sudan army drone strike kills 35 at Darfur court, rights group says

The Sudanese army struck a traditional court in a Rapid Support Forces-held village in North Darfur with drones on Sunday, killing 35 people, a rights group said. Emergency Lawyers said the attack hit Garra al Zawaya as civilians gathered for local court hearings, wounding several others during the afternoon strike.

France 24 · Aug 3

India’s gen Z have discovered the power of collective action

Letters: The recent Cockroach Janta party protests had widespread support, says Bhaskar Mani. Plus a letter from Nand Lal Rathore

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2

‘Free up the ganja’: Rastafarians in Kenya fight to decriminalise marijuana

Marijuana plays a sacred role among Rastafari followers and they say criminalising it violates their rights

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2

'No food inside Ceuta': How Spain’s migrant surge spiralled into big humanitarian crisis

Spain said tens of thousands of migrants had entered Ceuta over the past two days, which has triggered a humanitarian crisis that spanned beyond just migrants. The enclave’s businesses shut down, bread supplies dwindled, public festivities were cancelled, and security forces from both countries were deployed as Europe debated how…

The Times of India · Aug 1

The middle-income health trap

In the lexicon of development, few words sound as reassuring as "graduation", which suggests progress past critical milestones and an escape from dependency. In global health, however, graduation increasingly creates a trap. When a country crosses the World Bank's threshold from low- to middle-income status, it is deemed too rich…

Bangkok Post · Jul 31

Rights group says Russia-linked airstrike in Mali killed 8 civilians last month

Human Rights Watch says Russian-controlled aircraft killed eight civilians in an airstrike in central Mali last month

The Independent UK · Jul 31

Ebola outbreak in DRC the fastest growing in the history of the virus

As the death toll rises to almost 1,500, and with a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain potentially still months away, health workers face a battle to slow the outbreak

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31