Member Nations briefed on famine-fighting efforts in four at-risk countries 6 July 2017, Rome - Preventing famine in northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen urgently requires intensified humanitarian support and further funding. That was the message of an event hosted by the UN's Foo...

Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Wednesday 4/13/2016 - 03:22 GMT by Aminu ABUBAKAR When Boko Haram Islamists raided a remote village on Nigeria's northeastern border with Niger last year, frightened and confused residents fled into the bush to escape the marauding attackers. But the locals got lost an...