The two were killed on Friday morning as police fired live ammunition to disperse rowdy protestors trying to break into a police station in the city of Suez.

According to a new report by FAO- managed Food security and Nutrition Analysis unit  (FSNAU) , USAID ‘s Famine Early Warning System Network(FEWS NET), the number of people in need of emergency humanitarian assistance in Somalia have declined from 4 million to 2.34 million, 31% of the population. At the height of the crisis, nearly 750 000 people were in mortal danger.

A round up news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers.

WFP is calling on Freerice fans to recruit six friends to join in the online fight against hunger. By playing the trivia games at Freerice.com during World Freerice Week, players can win prizes and have fun while feeding the hungry.

The meeting will bring staff from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) together with small-scale farmers and food processors from Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal, as well as from East Africa, Asia and Latin America.

A history of insurgency, misrule and repression and lack of basic services in the North Eastern Province have posed an additional threat.

These diseases represent the greatest threat to food security in the region as cassava is Africa’s second most important food crop after maize and provides more than half of the dietary calories for over half of the total rural and urban population in sub-Saharan Africa.

Modest advances for agriculture in Durban signal need for scientific input

The purpose of the meeting was to follow-up on the theme of the Summit – Boosting Intra-African trade – and review ways and means of enhancing and maximizing the effectiveness of WB support for the AU and Africa, in that respect.