The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

The U.N.’s humanitarian aid coordinator is downsizing its appeal for annual funding in 2026 after support this year — mostly from Western governments — plunged to the lowest level in a decade

Soldiers stormed Benin's state TV to oust President Patrice Talon, but loyalists crushed the coup. Fourteen, including Lt Col Pascal Tigri, were arrested in West Africa's latest failed power grab.

Somalia's international airport was filled with anticipation on a recent morning as 165 migrants were repatriated from Libya

Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces

The agreement was reached with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshiseked

The leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are meeting in Washington to endorse two long-negotiated agreements, in a United States-backed push to revive a fragile peace process. The summit comes amid ongoing violence in eastern DRC and an atmosphere of mistrust, making progress uncertain.

Government once seen as progressive on migration says aid cuts to blame for excluding countries ‘not experiencing war’

Two journalists from Mali’s state broadcaster ORTM have appeared in a video released by the armed Islamist group JNIM, more than six weeks after they were abducted in the centre of the country. Collgeaues have described the images as shocking.

ON THE GROUND: The UN’s World Food Programme has a reputation for handing out large quantities of food in disaster zones and then moving on. But in Ethiopia, Nick Ferris finds an aid agency increasingly prioritising ‘resilience’ and aiming to make the country self-sustaining. However, escalating aid cuts and the…