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For Burkina Faso, the situation is particularly worrying as the country suffers the consequences of the conflict, which is exacerbating the ongoing food crisis.

The Sahel region is being hit by the worst drought in over a decade, pushing more than 10.5million people into malnutrition. For Burkina Faso, the situation is particularly worrying...

By Hadiza Mohammed

More than 10.5m people in the Sahel region of Africa are at risk of hunger in the coming months, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned. A so-called green famine, when stores of food have been used up in winter and spring, but the next harvest is not yet ripe, is being […]

Climate change, drought and war create food and water shortages, Save the Children says

After three consecutive years of almost no rain, the East African country of Somalia is in the grips of its worst drought in more than 40 years. Experts say conditions are so dire for the nation’s 16 million residents that a famine threatening millions of people is fast approaching.

An airplane carrying medical supplies landed in Tigray’s capital Mekelle on January 25.

The ICRC calls on all actors to respect international humanitarian law as communities have limited access to aid across Africa.

ICRC alarmed at lack of humanitarian access for 26 million people in Africa

UN probe finds evidence of brutal violence that may amount to crimes against humanity, including gang rape by all sides.