IRIN News

Mary Amaik and her family sit in their small house in Pibor, South Sudan.

“The conflict must end”: Fighting threatens to drive up hunger in South Sudan’s lean season

Trouble in the heart of Mali

Burcao - Somaliland's largest livestock market. Photo: ISTVS/Apollo Habtamu/Flickr

Drought spells disaster for Somali herders

Refugees from South Kordofan arrive in Ajuong Thonk. Photo: Albert González Farran/IRIN

Books not bombs for Sudan refugees

Too many guns - a fighter with the Coalition of Azawad Movements, the main rebel coalition in northern Mali. Photo: UN Photo/Marco Dormino/Flikr

Briefing: The new Jihadist strategy in the Sahel

The harvest that wasn't. Photo: Eva-Lotta Jansson/IRIN

Southern Africa’s food crisis in numbers*

Africa Southern Africa

Made in Dadaab: Mihiyo and her family. Photo: Moulid Hujale/IRIN

The refugee camp that became a city

Africa Aid Policy

Relatives of a student killed in Burundi's political violence. Photo: Phil Moore/IRIN

How a city in Tanzania holds the key to peace in Burundi*

Africa Peace & Security

Seeking post-poll stability in Guinea-Bissau

Africa Guinea-Bissau