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Nearly 68 million suffering from drought in southern Africa, says regional bloc

About 68 million people in southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought which has wiped out crops across the region, the regional bloc SADC said.

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Somalia takes historic step towards universal suffrage after 55 years

Somalia's cabinet approved a bill that, if confirmed by parliament, will revert the country's election system to universal suffrage for the first time in decades, ending a process of indirect voting.

Radio France Internationale

Famine looming in parts of Yemen, UN experts warn

The number of acutely malnourished children has increased by 34% compared with last year, a United Nations report says.

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Sudan war mediators welcome new pledges on humanitarian access

Countries call for ‘unhindered’ access to respond to growing humanitarian crisis in war-torn African nation.

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More Than 18,700 Mpox Cases Detected In Africa Since January: Health Agency

A total of 18,737 suspected or confirmed cases of mpox were reported in Africa since the beginning of the year, including 1,200 cases in one week alone, the African Union health agency said Saturday.

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US calls on Sudan military to join talks after it announces border opening

The U.S. has called on Sudan’s military to join talks aimed at calming the country’s grinding conflict as the country faces a worsening humanitarian crisis

The Independent UK

Sudan Paramilitary Attack Kills 80: Medical Source, Witnesses

Sudanese paramilitary forces killed at least 80 people in a southeastern village, a medical source and witnesses said Friday, even as US-sponsored talks sought to end 16 months of devastating war.

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OPINION - The Standard View: If we have truly 'learned the lessons of Covid', we must act decisively against mpox

Politicians and policy-makers love to say it: “We must learn the lessons of Covid.” Indeed, a repeat of the last pandemic – in which more than seven million people died, schools shut and entire national economies were switched off – is something we ought to avoid. Which is why now…

Evening Standard

WHO reports 300 cholera deaths in Sudan, warns dengue and meningitis rising

More than 25 million people across the country face acute hunger as well as outbreaks of disease due to civil war.

Al Jazeera

‘SADC should speak out’: Zimbabwe activists face crackdown ahead of summit

Police flood Harare’s streets in anticipation of protests on the eve of Southern African Development Community meeting.

Al Jazeera

Why the latest mpox outbreak has global health authorities so alarmed

World health authorities are increasingly alarmed by the latest mpox outbreak, driven by a more lethal and infectious variant than the strain behind the 2022 outbreak – with this new version predominantly affecting children.

Radio France Internationale

Yemen rivals threaten to resume war as hunger and cholera worsen in the poor nation, UN envoy warns

U.N. officials say Yemen’s rival parties are making military preparations and threatening to return to war as hunger and cholera are increasing in the Arab world’s poorest nation

The Independent UK

She fought to become a midwife. Now she’s fighting to save mothers and their babies in South Sudan

Elizabeth Nyachiew was 16 when she watched her neighbor bleed to death during childbirth

The Independent UK

South Sudan's security bill allowing warrantless arrests becomes law

South Sudan’s parliament says controversial security legislation allowing the arrest of people without warrants has become law even though the president has not signed it

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Sudan Negotiators Working Phones To Engage Both Sides: US Envoy

Though the Sudanese army is still staying away from ceasefire talks in Switzerland, the US envoy convening the negotiations told AFP they were nonetheless in daily contact -- and making progress on humanitarian aid.

Radio France Internationale

Sudan negotiators working phones to engage both sides: US envoy

Though the Sudanese army is still staying away from ceasefire talks in Switzerland, the US envoy convening the negotiations told AFP they were nonetheless in daily contact – and making progress on humanitarian aid.

The Guardian - UK

Prisons don’t work – who will have the courage to say so?

Letter: Prison won’t work unless we, as a society, are prepared to have a serious conversation about punishment and what it is meant to achieve, writes Dr Drew Gray

International Business Times

Mpox Kills 548 In DR Congo, Case Recorded In Sweden

The Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday an mpox outbreak has killed 548 people there this year, as the first case outside Africa of the virus's more dangerous variant was recorded in a traveller in Sweden.

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Independent UN experts urge Bahrain to ensure prisoners have adequate food, water in scorching heat

Independent experts with the United Nations have urged Bahrain to ensure those held at its Jaw prison have access to adequate food, water and medical care

The Independent UK

Mpox 2025 mapped: All the countries where cases of new strain have been confirmed - including UK

While the new strain of mpox has appeared in parts of Africa, other types have been continue to be recorded around the world

The Guardian - UK

‘Enforced disappearances’ send a chill through Kenya’s protests

Dozens are reported as having gone missing since demonstrations began, and some have turned up dead

Radio France Internationale

WHO declares second mpox international health emergency

The World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency around the surge of Mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries, sounding its highest alarm over the spread of the virus for the second time since 2022.

The Independent UK

UN envoy says South Sudan is not ready to hold its first post-independence elections in December

The U.N. envoy for South Sudan says the troubled African country is not ready to hold its first post-independence elections in December and political players are discussing whether voting should be held this year

France 24

First day of Sudan peace talks concludes with army absent, RSF presence unclear

Over a year into a conflict that has caused the world's worst displacement crisis, US-led peace talks for the war in Sudan showed little promise, with the Sudanese army failing to send representatives and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces refusing to confirm its own delegates' attendance.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Sudan’s vicious war: civilians suffer as outsiders jostle for advantage

Editorial: To say the conflict has been forgotten is too kind: the world is largely indifferent – apart from those who hope to profit there

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