The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday of impending cuts in food aid to crisis-hit refugees in Chad unless urgent funding is secured to address serious financing shortfalls

Armed bandits in the northwestern Nigerian state of Katsina have kidnapped 39 children working on a farm and demanded a ransom, the Katsina state police said on Wednesday

The multi-country monkeypox outbreak remains a public health emergency of international concern despite some progress having been made in the global response to the disease, in particular in behavioral interventions and vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday