Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

UK on alert after death toll from mystery illness in Congo rises

The outbreak of a mystery illness has now killed 60 people, the World Health Organisation said

The Independent UK

Kenyan police ‘confident’ of catching killer of Scot found in sack of pineapples

Campbell Scott had been attending a conference in the capital Nairobi when he disappeared on February 16.

Evening Standard

Africa’s medical system risks ‘collapse in next few years’, warns health leader

Focusing foreign aid on infectious diseases has allowed a rise in cancer and diabetes that African governments don’t have resources to fight, says Dr Githinji Gitahi

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Concern as mystery illness detected in two distant villages in Congo

The unidentified illnesses have killed 53 people in recent weeks, the World Health Organization says

The Independent UK

Starmer pressed in the Commons to secure release of British-Egyptian activist

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been detained in Egypt since 2019 and was sentenced to five years in prison in 2021 after being accused of spreading fake news.

Evening Standard

Mother of Egypt detainee ready to end hunger strike if UK makes progress

Laila Soueif was hospitalised for low blood sugar this week as she tries to secure release of son Alaa Abd el-Fattah

The Guardian - UK

Sudan's military is making advances to retake the capital. What's changing in the nearly 2-year war?

Sudanese army advances on the ground could potentially change the course of the war as it approaches its two-year mark

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Rwanda slams UK sanctions over DR Congo violence

Kigali condemns London’s sanctions over the M23 advance in DR Congo as ‘punitive measures’.

Al Jazeera

‘Like being on the Titanic’: US aid workers fear there is no future in helping others

Trump’s order to stop work on aid projects around the globe has left dedicated staff shocked and demoralised

The Guardian - US

15 million South Africans don’t get enough to eat every day: 4 solutions

At least 15 million South Africans suffer from food insecurity. That means they don’t have enough nutritious food to live healthy lives.

The Conversation

South African court dismisses claim of ‘white genocide’ in country

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have accused South Africa of enabling ‘genocide’ of white farmers

The Independent UK

UK suspends aid to Rwanda over support for DRC rebels

The UK government will cease attending events hosted by Rwanda, as well as pausing aid to all but the ‘poorest and most vulnerable’

The Guardian - UK

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan arrives in DRC amid escalating eastern conflict

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his office announced on Tuesday, as the nation contends with a surge in conflict in the east.

Radio France Internationale

Mystery Disease Claims Dozens of Lives, Including Children Who Died After Eating a Bat

More than 50 people have died in the northwest Democratic Republic of Congo from a mystery illness that first appeared in three children who ate a bat.

Latin Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

UK suspends some financial aid to Rwanda over violence in eastern Congo as rebels dig in

U.K. authorities are punishing Rwanda over its support of the rebels who now control two major cities in eastern Congo

Evening Standard

‘Immediate risk to life’ for mother on hunger strike over jailed son – doctor

The Free Alaa campaign said Laila Soueif is now on the 149th day of her hunger strike and was admitted to hospital on Monday evening.

The Independent UK

Security conditions in a famine-hit camp in North Darfur are 'unbearable,' aid worker says

An international aid worker says that all roads around Sudan’s famine-stricken Zamzam camp in North Darfur are blocked and the security situation for aid workers on the ground has become “unbearable.”

Al Jazeera

The colonial partition that keeps Cameroon split along ‘artificial lines’

A century ago, Germany, France and Britain claimed Cameroon at different times. The scars are seen in conflicts today.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Critically injured South African soldiers are evacuated from Congo amid rebel offensive

South Africa's armed forces say a group of soldiers critically injured in fighting in eastern Congo a month ago have been evacuated by the United Nations

Al Jazeera

Sudan army allies intentionally targeting civilians: HRW

A new report by Human Rights Watch says SAF-allied groups committed acts that may amount to war crimes.

Evening Standard

Mother on hunger strike over jailed son in hospital, says family

The Free Alaa campaign said Laila Soueif was taken to hospital in central London on day 148 of her protest action.

The Independent UK

First symptoms of mystery illness that killed 50 people within hours revealed

The World Health Organization says the outbreak began in the town of Boloko after three children ate a bat

The Independent UK

Doctors Without Borders halts activities at Sudan's Zamzam camp due to heavy fighting

MSF said it has suspended all activities in Zamzam camp, Sudan, which homes around 500,000 people seeking safety from the conflict

Radio France Internationale

DRC president suggests unity government to respond to the crisis in the east

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said over the weekend he would launch a unity government, as he faces domestic pressure over his handling of an offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern provinces.

International Business Times

Over 7,000 Killed In Eastern DR Congo Since January: PM

Violence raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed "more than 7,000 compatriots", many of them civilians, since last month, the Congolese premier said Monday.

1 … 86 87 88 89

People

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the World Health Organization

620 stories

the International Criminal Court

International Criminal Court

394 stories

SAF

221 stories

Doctors Without Borders

202 stories

The UK Health Security Agency

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Democratic Republic of Congo

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.