Women are bearing the brunt of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, with the majority of female-headed households not having ...

The UN said that Sudan’s Umm Baru is experiencing one of the worst levels of hunger recorded by its assessments.

The bloc aims to tackle security and economic challenges after breaking away from ECOWAS. Republican warns Trump admin move "disastrous" for security Ashlee Buzzard arrested in murder of daughter ...

A new report published today by the world's leading food security organization says there is no longer famine in Gaza. Last August, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said it ...

The opinions and characterizations in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. government. Olivier Walther receives funding from the OECD Sahel and West ...

Danger is not looming in the Sahel and the West African region. It is not news that it is intractable now. The real fear is that it may rise to a catastrophic dimension such that the world may ...

In early 2025, Chinese engineers working on Niger’s $4.6 billion oil pipeline to Benin were forced to flee their worksites under armed escort. For days, convoys burned on the desert highway linking ...

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) officially declared a catastrophic state of famine in Gaza earlier this year. Although some aid has begun to trickle into the Palestinian ...

For months, headlines warned of an impending famine in Gaza — images of starving children, shattered infrastructure and humanitarian collapse filled the news. On Aug. 22, 2025, the Integrated Food ...

In the major cities of Central Sahel countries, such as Niamey in Niger, Bamako in Mali, and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, an alarming phenomenon of child begging has become an everyday reality. Often ...

CAIRO — Famine has spread to two regions of war-torn Sudan, including a major city in Darfur where paramilitary fighters have been rampaging, a global hunger monitoring group said Monday, as the war ...