Soaring prices have helped fuel a food crisis in West and Central Africa, where nearly 55 million people will struggle to feed themselves in the coming months, U.N. humanitarian agencies warned on Friday.

Gunmen appear in village in north
Over a million acres of farmland damaged, wrecked
This African nation has a young and growing population, making it an ever more important buyer
The often-overlooked religious and ethnic conflict has already killed 200
Aliko Dangote plans to produce a million tonnes of rice in four years