BAMAKO (Reuters) - A Malian newspaper editor who published an open letter criticizing the leader of last year's military coup has been charged with incitement to revolt, the head of Mali's written press association said.Full story
GENEVA (Reuters) - Insecurity in Central African Republic threatens a severe food crisis this year, the U.N. World Food Programme said on Friday, citing a doubling of prices for staples such as corn after a month-long insurgency. Full story
GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria's government has authorized the World Food Programme (WFP) to extend its reach in the war-torn country where 2.5 million people are suffering from hunger, the United Nations agency's chief said on Wednesday. Full story
Men transport humanitarian food aid onto pirogues at Mopti February 4, 2013. REUTERS/Alain Amontchi
Men transport humanitarian food aid onto small flat bottom boats at Mopti in this February 4, 2013 file photo. A White House plan to modernize the major U.S. Food aid program, by donating cash rather than American-grown food, is in trouble after fierce lobbying by farm groups, food processors, shipp
A Zimbabwean mother arrives to collect her monthly rations of food aid from Rutaura Primary School in the Rushinga district of Mt Darwin about 254km north of Harare March 7, 2013. More than 6 million people across Angola, Lesotho, Malawi and Zimbabwe are at risk of severe food shortages because of r
Zimbabwean villagers collect their monthly rations of food aid from Rutaura Primary School in the Rushinga district of Mt Darwin about 254km north of Harare March 7, 2013. More than 6 million people across Angola, Lesotho, Malawi and Zimbabwe are at risk of severe food shortages because of repeated
