The United Kingdom will slash billions in aid spending to fund a larger military. [Devex]
Nearly 12,000 seed samples from 19 genebanks — including climate-resilient crops from war-affected Sudan — are being deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this week to safeguard biodiversity against conflict, disasters, and climate change. [CropTrust]
Food insecurity in Somalia is set to worsen from April to June this year, with 4.4 million people, or 23% of the population, expected to face crisis-level hunger due to poor rainfall, high food prices, conflict, and flooding. [IPC]
Médecins Sans Frontières suspended operations in Sudan’s Zamzam camp due to escalating violence, forcing the closure of its field hospital, which was critical in addressing malnutrition in an area where famine had previously been declared. [MSF]
Burundi has expelled two WFP officials, after saying that a staff message advising food and supply stockpiling was alarmist, amid escalating conflict in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. [SOS Media Burundi]