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Japan Politician Retracts ‘starve North Koreans’ Call
A Japanese governor has retracted his call for North Koreans to be "starved to death" if Pyongyang were to target his...
WFP Races Against Time To Send Food Aid To South Sudan
With the beginning of the rainy season and accompanying difficulties caused by unpaved roads, the UN World Food...
Tired, Traumatised Mosul Mothers Unable To Breastfeed
Wazira rocks her tiny baby pleadingly but he is inconsolable, crying for the milk his mother can neither produce...
Gulf Crisis Presents Opportunities, Uncertainties For Iran
Viewed from Tehran, the extraordinary spat between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours has many advantages, experts say, but...
Little Cash and Too Much Violence
The holy Muslim month of Ramadan began Saturday with a bitter taste for residents of Libya's capital, as a cash...
400,000 DR Congo Children At Risk In Violence-Hit Kasai
Almost 400,000 children risk dying of hunger in DR Congo's troubled Kasai region where months of violence has driven...
Trekker Missing For 47 Days Found Alive Next To Girlfriend’s Body
A trekker who went missing for 47 days in the Nepali mountains has been found maggot-eaten and barely alive next to the...
African Migrants Sold In Libya ‘slave Markets’
Africans trying to reach Europe are being sold by their captors in “slave markets” in Libya, the International...
Boko Haram Raids Stoke Fear of Fresh Attacks
Boko Haram Islamists raided a village in northeast Nigeria, in the latest rampage to steal food and medical supplies,...
Boko Haram Raid Nigeria Town, Loot Food Supplies
Boko Haram Islamists have raided a town in restive northeast Nigeria, looting food supplies and burning homes after...
Displaced Hit By Water Shortages In NE Nigeria
Tens of thousands of people who fled Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria are facing a severe lack of water, compounding...
Is Yellow Fever the New Zika Virus?
Health experts fear a random outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil could affect millions if it isn't contained. The entire...
Famine-Hit South Sudanese Eat Water Lilies To Survive
Thousands of people at the epicentre of a man-made famine in South Sudan emerged from the safety of the swamps this...
Hiding In Swamps, S.Sudanese Eat Little More Than Lilies
Thousands of people at the epicentre of a man-made famine in South Sudan emerged from the safety of the swamps this...
Korle-Bu In Another Scandal; Management Disputes Fruit Price Inflation Claims
Ghana's biggest referral centre the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is once again in another scandal this time involving the...
Seven Million Yemenis Close To Starvation
Seven million Yemenis are closer than ever to starvation, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the country warned...
Gov’t To Turnaround Agric Sector With 125 Million Dollars
Government has secured 125 million Canadian dollars to support its initiative of increasing agricultural output and...
Iraq Forces Battle IS To Close In On Mosul’s West Bank
Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way towards southern Mosul on Monday and prepared to take on...
Armyworms Threaten Southern Africa Food Supply
An outbreak of armyworm caterpillars present in several southern African countries threatens to strip the entire region...