Hunger
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Last year, photographer Matt Black documented the logistics chain of international food aid from a warehouse hub in Dubai to Unity State in South Sudan, where famine has just been declared
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Governor Kashim Shettima says Unicef and others should leave Nigeria as agencies criticise government for underplaying crisis in north-east
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Modern agriculture cultivates climate change – we must nurture biodiversity
Olivier De Schutter and Emile Frison
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The aftermath of southern Africa’s drought is having a devastating impact in Zimbabwe. Nearly half the rural population will be in need of food aid over the next three months
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Food and Agriculture Organisation says 330,000 people are on verge of ‘a food security catastrophe’ following sustained drought that has decimated crops
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Hundreds of thousands joined protests against Nicolás Maduro’s presidency, against a backdrop of mass hunger and high crime
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UN report warns that without measures to halt and reverse climate change, food production could become impossible in large areas of the world
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More than half the country’s population are undernourished, reports the 2016 global hunger index, while around the world one in four children is stunted
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With political tension forcing half a million people to return to Afghanistan, the World Food Programme warns the freezing winter could prove deadly
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People fleeing Boko Haram protest over ‘starvation’ in camps amid claims of officials diverting rations, as UN warns the country is on the brink of famine
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Aid agencies call on ruling party to look beyond politics after allegations by human rights commission that opponents of Mugabe were denied assistance
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All too often, the bureaucracy pedaled by our organisations gets in the way of what really matters – reaching people desperately in need
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In Chad, 4.3 million people are food insecure, and 176,000 children have severe acute malnutrition, after erratic rains led to ruined crops
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15 southern African countries have asked for $2.8bn to help feed nearly 40 million people hit by one of the worst regional droughts in 35 years
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Médecins Sans Frontières says UN agencies failed to respond to warnings after Boko Haram devastated food production in Borno state
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Government in South Sudan appeals to its people to stay, as hunger and violence force many to return to Sudan only five years after independence
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Wounded in spirit, South Sudan's people need the salve of mutual forgiveness
Eduardo Hiiboro KussalaThe violence that broke out in Wau recently showed just how far South Sudan has to go to reconcile its deep-rooted political and ethnic divisions
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Benin, Mozambique and Nepal are among countries most exposed to climate change, water scarcity and food price volatility
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On World Environment Day, more than a quarter of a billion people, half of them children, are suffering the impact of severe drought across three continents. Aid agencies are working to deliver emergency food parcels to prevent people starving, and to help build livelihood resilience to extreme weather events
Quinoa genome unveiled in search for hardy crop to feed world