West and Central Africa

Sitting in Charles de Gaulle airport waiting for my connection after a hectic couple of days in Abuja. I went at short notice invited by the African Union to be part of the Finance Ministers' meeting on industrialisation with a special session on malnutrition.

Blog by Jessica Bourdaire, Programme Manager in Democratic Republic of Congo

Thousands of children displaced by the conflict in Mali face food shortages, warns Save the Children. These children were already suffering from the devastating food crisis even before being displaced, and require urgent humanitarian aid as their families cannot afford to buy enough food.