Almost 200 Killed In Haiti As Gang Leader Targets Elders He Suspected Were Sickening His Child With Witchcraft Over 5,000 deaths have been recorded this year as violence spirals in the Caribbean country Latin Times · Dec 9, 2024
Trauma And Terror Of Kenya's Kidnapped Protesters The Kenyan parliament was ablaze, protesters running through the streets, police firing into the crowds. International Business Times · Dec 9, 2024
Tanzania opposition laments its ‘naivety’ over president as repression intensifies Recent killings and arrests of government critics suggest end of reformist approach under Samia Suluhu Hassan, say political rivals The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2024
Deadly shelling of Darfur camp sparks exodus of displaced people Following the devastating bombardment of the Zamzam camp for internally displaced people in western Sudan, civilians are fleeing the area – into increasingly dangerous conditions. Radio France Internationale · Dec 8, 2024
Uganda's DRC mission under scrutiny amid claims of double dealing Three years after Ugandan troops crossed into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight rebels linked to the Islamic State, their mission has yielded mixed results, with accusations that Kampala is secretly supporting another Congolese rebel group raising questions about its motives. Radio France Internationale · Dec 6, 2024
Cholera outbreak in South Sudan ‘rapidly escalating’, aid group warns Doctors Without Borders says fears growing that outbreak will spread from Upper Nile state to surrounding areas. Al Jazeera · Dec 6, 2024
Malian court grants freedom to detained critics of military junta A court in Mali has granted provisional freedom to 11 opposition figures who have spent five months in detention, after making calls for a return to civilian rule in the country. Radio France Internationale · Dec 6, 2024
Ailing kids wait months for Israeli permission to leave Gaza for treatment. Some die in the meantime UNICEF estimates that 2,500 ailing children need immediate evacuation from Gaza for treatment abroad The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2024
Congo government says it's 'on alert' over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens Congo’s health minister says the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2024
Mystery illness claims more than 140 lives in remote DRC province An unknown disease has killed at least 143 people in Democratic Republic of Congo's southwestern Kwango province, with local officials warning the death toll will continue to rise. Radio France Internationale · Dec 5, 2024
Students spared jail for vandalising cabinet containing Stone of Destiny Jamie Priest and Catriona Roberts were acting in a protest against food poverty. Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2024
Mystery Illness Claims Nearly 150 Lives In Africa, Sparking Pandemic Fears . Health officials, including those from the WHO, are investing the mysterious illness with flu-like symptoms that killed dozens of people in southwest Congo. Medical Daily · Dec 5, 2024
Threat of RSF invasion looms over el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur Displaced people are taking up arms to defend themselves against the paramilitary and the atrocities it is known for. Al Jazeera · Dec 4, 2024
Biden wraps up Angola trip with drought aid and mega railway drive US President Joe Biden announced more than $1 billion in funding for drought-stricken African nations as he ended his three-day visit to Angola with a summit at the port of Lobito, where a $3 billion railway project aims to connect Angola’s Atlantic coast with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of… Radio France Internationale · Dec 4, 2024
Latin Times · Dec 3, 2024 Haitian Children Are Enduring Some Of The Worst Conditions In The World As Gangs Continue Recruiting Minors Over 1.5 million children are out of school as gangs continue to recruit minors and hunger worsens in the country
The National (Scotland) · Dec 3, 2024 'Food availability at all-time low' in Gaza as Donald Trump warns Hamas "FOOD availability is at an all-time low across the entire Gaza Strip”, a new UN report has said as Israel’s aid blockade continues.
The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2024 They fled war in Sudan. But they haven't been able to flee the hunger The war in Sudan has created vast hunger, including famine
The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024 What is bleeding eye virus? The disease that’s sparked travel warnings At least 15 people have died in Rwanda from an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, which is usually fatal without treatment
Salon · Dec 2, 2024 Hunger: What's changed since Band Aid? "Yet in terms of the global persistence of famine, things have not got better in the intervening 40 years"
Latin Times · Dec 2, 2024 Passengers Launch Hunger Strike After Luxury Cruise Trip Cut Short; CEO Calls Move 'Rather Counterproductive' A mechanical failure cut short a luxury Antarctic cruise, sparking protests and a hunger strike from passengers demanding full refunds.
Radio France Internationale · Dec 2, 2024 Belgium to pay damages for forced separations in Congo during colonial rule Belgium’s Court of Appeals on Monday ordered the government to pay compensation to five Congolese women who were forcibly separated from their mothers during colonial rule. The court ruled that the abductions, which happened over 70 years ago, amounted to crimes against humanity.
The National (Scotland) · Dec 2, 2024 UNRWA suspends aid deliveries through main Gaza crossing amid chaos THE biggest UN agency providing aid to Palestinians has said it is suspending deliveries through the main crossing between Israel and Gaza in what…
The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2024 Unrwa suspends aid deliveries through main Gaza route after convoy attacked Agency says armed gangs looted several trucks carrying food supplies and urges Israel to ensure safe flows of aid
Al Jazeera · Dec 1, 2024 UNRWA pauses aid through key Gaza crossing as hunger stalks Palestinians Suspension of humanitarian aid into Gaza comes as Israeli attacks kill almost 100 Palestinians in the last 24 hours.
The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2024 East African summit urges peace in eastern Congo but its leader skips talks East African heads of state have made another push for peace in eastern Congo but its prospects remained bleak following a regional summit that was marked by the Congolese president’s absence and an early departure of his Rwandan counterpart