Video: "A multi-pronged attack on food security" – Update on South Sudan
The full extent of the conflict-driven food security crisis in South Sudan has yet to unfold, warns Sue Lautze, head of FAO operations in the troubled African nation.
Women watch Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part during a parade in Basra
Women watch Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part during a parade in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 21, 2014. Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION)
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a parade in Basra
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a parade in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 21, 2014. Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION)
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a parade in Basra
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a parade in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 21, 2014. Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY RELIGION)
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a parade in Basra
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a parade in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 21, 2014. Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION)
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part during a parade in Basra
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part during a parade in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 21, 2014. Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION)
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part during a parade in Basra
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part during a parade in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 21, 2014. Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Igniting agricultural growth and transformation in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region with the highest prevalence of undernourishment with one in four people estimated to be hungry.
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr participate in military-style training in the street in Basra
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr participate in military-style training in the street in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 20, 2014. Iraqi forces were massing north of Baghdad on Friday, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the capital prompted the United States to send military advisers to stiffen government resistance. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr participate in military-style training in the street in Basra
REFILE - ADDING INFORMATION IN HEADLINE Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr participate in military-style training in the street in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 20, 2014. Iraqi forces were massing north of Baghdad on Friday, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the capital prompted the United States to send military advisers to stiffen government resistance. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)