Aid begins arriving in a remote part of Afghanistan where an earthquake on Wednesday killed 1,000 people.

The Kremlin says anti-Russia sanctions will have to be reviewed if Moscow is to heed a UN appeal to open Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.

The United Nations food agency has warned that 20 million people in countries across the Horn of Africa are at risk of starvation this year due to delayed rains and subsequent extreme drought battering the region.

A Sudanese protester has been killed in fresh demonstrations in the capital Khartoum.

The combined effects of conflict, economic crisis and poor harvests are significantly affecting people’s access to food, the two UN food agencies say.

The UN food agency says 95 percent of people in Afghanistan do not have enough to eat.

Millions of people are facing hunger in the Horn of Africa as droughts recur, according to the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP).

The World Food Programme (WFP) says it will reduce food rations for 8 million Yemenis from January.

The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said 23 million people in Afghanistan are battling hunger, malnourished children are teeming in health facilities, 70 percent of teachers are working without salaries, and millions of students are out of school.

The UN's food agency warns that a failing economy could plunge Afghanistan into catastrophe next year.