The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Tough negotiations are expected to resume in Qatar in the coming weeks for a broader peace deal.

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have jointly pledged to halt fighting in the east of the country while they work towards a permanent truce. The surprise announcement follows the latest round of talks in Doha mediated by Qatar.

Every morning the Congolese city of Bukavu, now under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 movement, counts its dead.

On a mountain near Sudan's border, journalists climb rugged slopes, phones held high, hoping to catch a faint signal from neighbouring Chad to send stories amid the war's two-year communications blackout.

UNRWA says Gaza has become ‘a land of desperation’ as Israel continues to pound the strip and block humanitarian aid.

Tension is rising further on the political scene in Tanzania ahead of the trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu. Accused of treason, his Chadema political party was this month excluded from the presidential race scheduled for October, sparking concern among human rights groups.

The UN's World Food Programme says that it has to suspend aid for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia due to a lack of funding, while the country faces tensions and rising food insecurity.

Aid to 3.6 million people overall is at risk unless new support is sourced, the World Food Programme warns.

People traumatised by conflict have queued outside the Saint Vincent de Paul neuropsychiatric hospital in Goma each day since free scheme launched