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South African NGOs worry Trump's aid freeze will cause HIV patients to default on treatment

In the rural villages of South Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden freeze on foreign aid impacts hundreds of thousands of HIV patients

The Independent UK

In Afghanistan, families are forced to sell children to survive. Trump’s USAID cuts will be devastating

The dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is a serious blow to the soft power of the United States and disastrous for many poor countries where it helps provide humanitarian, health and educational services.

The Conversation

Trump's Aid Freeze Could Cause Millions More AIDS Deaths: UN Agency

President Donald Trump's decision to suspend US overseas funding could result in millions more deaths from AIDS, the head of the UN's programme for the illness warned Sunday.

International Business Times

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Richard Ratcliffe: Government must act fast to help British couple held in Iran

Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been detained in the Middle Eastern country, which previously held Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for six years.

Evening Standard

M23 Seize Key City Amid Mounting Fears Of DR Congo Breakup

Columns of M23 fighters allied with Rwandan troops on Sunday entered the centre of another key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the African Union highlighted growing fears that the strife-torn country could break up.

International Business Times

UK's Starmer tells hunger-striking mum he will press Egypt to release her son

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told a mother who has been on hunger strike for 140 days that he will press the Egyptian government to release her son

The Independent UK

PM vows to help hunger strike mother to secure release of British-Egyptian son

Laila Soueif has been subsisting solely on black coffee, restorative salts and herbal tea.

Evening Standard

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Rwanda-backed rebels reach the center of east Congo’s 2nd major city in an unprecedented expansion

Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, and taken control of the South Kivu province administrative office

The Independent UK

DR Congo’s M23 rebels enter centre of strategic city Bukavu: Report

Local officials and witnesses report seeing rebels enter the eastern DRC’s second largest city after a rapid advance.

Al Jazeera

RSF escalates attacks on Sudan’s famine-stricken Zamzam refugee camp

The paramilitary group is trying to tighten its grip on Darfur, a traditional stronghold.

Al Jazeera

M23 rebels are marching across eastern DRC: the interests driving players in the conflict

The current conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resemble the situation during the Second Congo War between 1998 and 2003. This resulted in millions of deaths, with neighbouring countries – especially Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi – playing a significant role.

The Conversation

Sudan army retakes more of capital Khartoum from RSF

Sudanese military makes gains in the capital as paramilitaries retain key positions.

Al Jazeera

‘Over the precipice’: UN chief sounds alarm on DR Congo fighting

Antonio Guterres says a ‘regional escalation must be avoided at all costs’ as Rwanda-backed M23 forces gain ground.

Al Jazeera

Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern Congo's second major city of Bukavu, residents say

Residents and business owners in eastern Congo’s second largest city are sitting in wait after a night of loud gunfire marking the ongoing advance of Rwanda-backed rebels

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DRC's president won't attend the AU summit, as M23 advances in South Kivu

Neither Rwandan President Paul Kagame nor his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi attended Friday's AU meeting.

The Guardian - UK

Extreme weather expected to cause food price volatility in 2025 after cost of cocoa and coffee doubles

Trend towards more extreme-weather events will continue to hit crop yields and create price spikes, Inverto says

Latin Times

Haitian Children Forced Into Gangs and Sexual Violence Amid Crisis, Amnesty International Finds in New Report

The organization found that 30% to 50% of gang members are now children, with many coerced into joining due to hunger or fear

Radio France Internationale

African Union Summit opens as conflicts rage on the continent

African heads of state are gathering for their annual summit in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa this weekend, with escalating conflict in the DRC, the war and resulting humanitarian crisis in Sudan and cuts to aid from the US dominating the agenda.

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The Guardian - UK

Thanks to Trump, it is now in Europe’s self-interest to compensate Africa for slavery

As the US rips up its rules-based order and threatens sovereign nations, this is the time to make allies. Reparations might help, says Liliane Umubyeyi of the African Futures Lab

The Guardian - UK

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels enter Bukavu in eastern DRC

Rebels make rapid advance into capital of South Kivu province, less than a month after taking Goma

International Business Times

African Union Summit Opens, Overshadowed By DR Congo Conflict

The escalating conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo will dominate an African Union summit opening Saturday, with the DRC president absent after Rwandan-backed forces seized a second major city on his territory.

International Business Times

Fears In Bukavu As M23 Seize Key Airport In Eastern DR Congo

M23 fighters on Friday seized the airport serving Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, just as African leaders gathered for crisis talks on the escalating crisis.

The Conversation

Kenya relies on USAid famine warning system – what happens now that it’s gone?

Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fews Net), a web-based platform for predicting famine, went offline on 30 January 2025. The system had provided up-to-date data to predict and track food insecurity in nearly 30 countries in Africa, central America and Asia for 40 years. It was funded by the US…

The Guardian - UK

Sam Nujoma obituary

Namibia’s first president and ‘founding father’ who led the fight for independence from the apartheid regime in South Africa

The Independent UK

Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have seized a second airport in east Congo

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long advance towards the Kavumu airport

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