Thursday, 19 February 2026, 16:16 REUTERS Four years after a record drought devastated northern Kenya, failed rains are once again driving starvation, as aid cuts force humanitarian agencies to scale back their operations and feed fewer people. Sean Hogan reports. TURKANA COUNTY, Kenya – In the barren plains of Turkana, 76-year-old grandmother Echakan Amaja survives...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — At least 50 people were killed and several women and children abducted after armed men attacked a village in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state, a state lawmaker told Reuters on Friday. Hamisu A. Faru, lawmaker representing Bukkuyum South, said the attackers raided Tungan Dutse village from around 5 p.m. on Thursday until about...
GENEVA — The U.N. World Food Programme warned on Friday that its life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Somalia could grind to a halt by April unless new funding is secured, putting millions of people at risk of worsening hunger. An estimated 4.4 million people face crisis-level food insecurity, with nearly one million of them...
By ReutersCape Verde / London Loggerhead sea turtles nesting in Cape Verde are arriving earlier as Atlantic waters warm, but are breeding less often and producing fewer eggs, according to a 17-year scientific study published in the journal Animals. Researchers tracking the turtles found that rising ocean temperatures appear to be accelerating egg development inside...
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