Michael Kaloki

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According to the World Food Programme, the reduction in food rations due to commence next year is as a result of severe funding shortages.

The United Nations recently issued an appeal for funds, noting that $2.9 billion is required to provide the life-saving aid to 20 million people in Sudan.

Fighting between the paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, and the Sudanese Armed Forces has been going on for more than two years now.

Last month, famine was declared in two cities in the country's Darfur region, following an 18-month siege by the RSF of Al-Fasher and Kadugli.

The UN warns that the conflict in Sudan has created the world's largest displacement crisis.

For NPR News, I'm Michael Kaloki in Nairobi.

In a video statement posted on social media, Benin's interior minister, Alassane Seydoux, said that the attempted coup was foiled.

Earlier, soldiers appearing on national television said they had ousted President Patrice Talon.

They added that a military officer, Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigray, would oversee the country.

In a statement, the West African Regional Economic Bloc, ECOWAS, condemned the actions of the soldiers...

calling their actions unconstitutional.

Benin has witnessed a series of coups since it gained independence from France in 1960.

Tseidou was elected in 2016 and has faced accusations of authoritarianism.

Sunday, his government urged people to go about their normal activities.

For NPR News, I'm Michael Kaloki in Nairobi.

Fighting in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and Congolese forces has been going on for decades now under a mediation effort.

Hosted by the Qatari government and backed by the United States, both sides yesterday signed the framework agreement for a peace deal in the Qatari capital, Doha.

According to Massad Boulos, President Trump's senior advisor for Africa, the deal covers eight protocols, which include the exchange of prisoners and the monitoring of a ceasefire.

Boulos added that more still needs to be done to reach an agreement on how a number of the protocols will be implemented.