Poor rains intensify food crisis in rural Zimbabwe
About 1.6-million Zimbabweans, most of them in rural areas, urgently need food aid because of low rainfall and a drop in agricultural production.
Kidnapped British aid worker freed in Sudan's Darfur
A British aid worker, abducted by armed men in Sudan's Darfur region, has been released after almost three months in captivity
UN: Food prices triggering global unrest
United Nations food agencies on Friday warned that record high prices for basic commodities are helping generate unrest around the world.
WFP scales up food aid to drought-stricken Niger
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is nearly doubling aid operations in Niger to feed eight million people who have been affected by a severe drought.
Al-Shabaab orders UN food agency to leave Somalia
Somalia's hard-line Islamist rebel group al-Shabaab has ordered the UN food agency to halt all operations and leave the failed country.
Hand out food or leave, Somali insurgents tell agencies
Hardline Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia told international aid agencies on Tuesday to hand out all the food in their warehouses, or leave.
WFP warns of fresh crisis in DRC
The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday it is extending its humanitarian operations across the eastern DRC.
Zim on the brink of new crisis as food runs out
Six months after the elections, Zimbabwe still lacks a functioning government and is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe.
Swazis may face even worse food crisis
What happens to a nation whose people depend on the largesse of international donor agencies for their existence, once support is withdrawn?
'Shock' at killing of UN employee in Somalia
The executive director of the UN World Food Programme said on Monday she was "shocked" at the killing of an employee in Somalia.
Spectre of famine as harvest fails
Five million people will need help within months, warns the UN. Families flee as many are reduced to one meal a day, writes Chris McGreal.
Burma victims struggle as emergency aid winds down
Emergency relief operations are winding down in Burma's cyclone-struck delta, but aid workers say a return to normality is a long way off.
Millions in Horn of Africa face food disaster
Nearly 15-million people in the Horn of Africa region are facing a humanitarian disaster unless donors urgently release funds to deliver supplies.
UN seeks urgent cash for Ethiopia food aid
The UN urgently needs $222-million to avert a major food crisis in Ethiopia, where millions are struggling to cope with drought, it said on Monday.
Somalia at 'dire crossroads', says UN
Attacks on aid workers in Somalia and disruptions to food shipments are threatening the lives of millions, the UN food agency warned on Friday.
Aid worker sprayed with bullets in Somali capital
Gunmen killed an aid worker in the Somali capital on Friday, the latest such attack against humanitarian staff in the conflict-torn African nation.
Wanted: Foreign navy to escort UN food to Somalia
Somalia faces a serious food crisis if no nation steps forward with naval ships to escort relief shipments through pirate-infested waters.
Ration cuts add to misery of Darfur's poorest
The World Food Programme says food cuts in Darfur are a forced necessity.
Greener and leaner
The world food crisis is a tragedy frequently and passionately foretold. For years food experts warned that chronic under-investment in agriculture in developing countries, by governments and donors alike, would one day spell disaster.
Cash-strapped UN cuts Sudan aid flights
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday said it was cutting back its humanitarian air services in Sudan due to a $48-million funding shortfall.
