Poor pushed to brink of hunger in Malawi, UN Agency warns

GENEVA— Soaring food prices, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, are pushing poor people to the brink of hunger in Malawi, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.The WFP said nearly 400,000 Malawians were already food insecure due to f...

More Than a Dozen Civilians Killed in DR Congo Massacre

More than 12 civilians were killed by members of a notorious rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday, the army and Red Cross said."We heard bullets at dawn in the village of Beu Manyama. When we arrived, it was already too late...

Weather’s Unwanted Guest: Nasty La Nina Keeps Popping up

Something weird is up with La Nina, the natural but potent weather event linked to more drought and wildfires in the western United States and more Atlantic hurricanes. It's becoming the nation's unwanted weather guest and meteorologists said the U.S. ...

Insecurity Puts Mali’s Historic Djenné Mosque at Risk

Experts say Mali's struggle against Islamist militants is putting its World Heritage sites at risk. For the first time in modern history, officials say, the annual replastering of the mud mosque in the town of Djenné in central Mali will likely be canc...