The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting could spark new outbreaks of serious diseases.

The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first rebellion in 2012

Khaby Lame, the Senegalese-Italian influencer who ranks as world’s most popular TikTok personality, has been named as a goodwill ambassador by the U.N.'s children’s agency

Without Fews Net, recognised as ‘a vital life-saving tool’ for preventing food crises, people will die, experts warn

The U.N. says Rwanda-backed rebels are expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing the region’s major city

IN FOCUS: Lauren Crosby Medlicott speaks to those inside Goma about dead bodies on the streets and overwhelmed hospitals

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels are seizing control of areas within the DRC. This will only escalate unless western governments act, says researcher and writer Dino Mahtani

Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike for 124 days in protest at her son Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s imprisonment.

M23 rebels promise to march to Kinshasa as they capture Goma and advance towards Bukavu in eastern DR Congo.

M23 rebel group swept into Congolese city after a rapid advance in recent weeks

The death of South African soldiers on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sparked fierce debate about the deployment of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers there. Some, including political parties, have questioned whether the soldiers were adequately trained, equipped…