Russia refuses to extend grain deal, UN warns of hunger danger

Tensions escalate as Russia refuses to extend the deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea, prompting outrage from the United Nations (UN).

Tensions escalate as Russia refuses to extend the deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea, prompting outrage from the United Nations (UN).

Cyclone Freddy, according to the UN's World Food Plan (WFP), could impact more than 2.3 million people in Madagascar before moving on to Mozambique and Zimbabwe on the continent of Africa.

More than 600 people are now known to have died in Nigeria's worst floods in a decade, according to a new toll released on Sunday.

A UN-chartered vessel loaded with grain left Ukraine for Africa on Tuesday after an agreement was reached to ease a global food crisis, the transport ministry said.