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UN food agency says $800 million urgently needed for Afghanistan, warns of ‘catastrophic hunger’

The U.N. food agency said Monday it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghanistan, which is at the highest risk of famine in a quarter of a century.

France 24

UN food agency: $800m urgently needed for Afghanistan

The U.N. food agency says it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghans, with the country at the highest risk of famine in a quarter of a century

The Independent UK

Khartoum, Juba Discuss Dispute Over Oil-Rich Border Region

Deputy chief of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council Gen.

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Security in Nigeria: Bola Tinubu will increase tension in some parts of the country and reduce it in others

Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be sworn in as president of the country on 29 May 2023. That’s if the courts uphold his election victory.

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Gunfire, protests in Ethiopia's Amhara over plan to disband regional force

Gunfire was heard in at least two towns in Ethiopia's Amhara region on Sunday as thousands protested against a federal government order to integrate regional special forces into the police or national army, residents said.

Reuters

Church a ‘force of life and hope’, says Archbishop of Canterbury

The Most Rev Justin Welby has hailed the Church of England’s work in facilitating peace in his Easter Sunday sermon

Evening Standard

Houthis Accused of Looting Humanitarian Aid in Sanaa, Mahwit

Yemeni sources accused the Houthi militia of seizing humanitarian aid intended for the displaced and the most vulnerable groups in Sanaa and al-Mahwit, and selling it in the markets. The sources pointed out that Houthi leaders prevented hundreds of poor and displaced Yemeni families from obtaining their food aid. The…

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Public demands more help for Afghan heroes as mass rejections under discredited schemes revealed

Exclusive: Five times as many people rejected for Afghan resettlement scheme as are accepted

The Independent UK

Amanda Little: Ukraine has given the world a blueprint to fight hunger

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year triggered tumult across global grain markets. As the cost of corn and wheat surged, panic spread about instability in countries from Yemen to Bangladesh that depend on the warring region for low-cost grains. Would famine worsen? Would civil unrest ensue?

Tribune News Service

US Stresses Need to Transfer Power in Sudan to Civilians

The US on Friday reiterated its support for the ongoing political process in Sudan and expressed its readiness to support consultations with all Sudanese parties to overcome the challenges facing the final political agreement, accelerate its signing, and establish a credible transitional civilian government. Washington made the announcement following a…

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France to erect Paris memorial to Rwanda genocide victims

France is to build a memorial to the victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, it said Friday, as Kigali marks 29 years since the slaughter.

Radio France Internationale

Remembering Rwanda's darkest hundred days and the thousands who died

Rwanda today begins commemorating the 29th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, in which 800,000 people, most of them from the Tutsi ethnic group, were massacred by Hutu militia.

Radio France Internationale

Protests as Sudan marks key anniversary

Khartoum (AFP) - Pro-democracy activists in Sudan marched against the army and paramilitaries Thursday as the civilian opposition marked a key anniversary in the decades-old struggle against military rule with new protests.

AFP

Areas Liberated From Al Shabab In Somalia Face New Humanitarian Challenges

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Ethiopia's Tigray region unveils new cabinet to lead political transition

The newly elected president of Tigray's interim administration, Getachew Reda, has unveiled a cabinet that will lead the region's political transition after two years of conflict. The 27-member team is composed of former rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front who fought Ethiopian government forces in the war.

The Guardian - UK

Zimbabwe opposition tweet case fuels poll crackdown fears

CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere convicted over tweet in 2021 as Zanu-PF accused of curbing free speech

Birmingham Post

North East business life: charity, community and award events in the region

This week's round-up features Lycetts, Greggs, Ward Hadaway, Sunderland Software City and North Tyneside Business Forum

Reuters

Protests planned as Sudan's army promises to stick to delayed transition deal

The head of Sudan's army said on Thursday he remained committed to a plan for a new transition towards elections, despite disputes over the integration of a paramilitary force that have twice delayed the signing of a final deal.

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Sudan's years of political strife

Below is a timeline of Sudan's political upheavals in recent years:

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Egyptian Cabinet Asserts Availability of Basic Commodities

Egyptian government asserted that the country has enough stock of all basic commodities, and monitoring campaigns to fight monopolistic practices are being intensified during Ramadan month. The Egyptian Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, Ali al-Moselhi, said that the strategic reserve of various essential commodities is reassuring, with discounts ranging…

AFP

Thousands of migrants stranded in north Niger's scorching desert

ASSAMAKA (Niger) (AFP) - A long line of people appears in silhouette, walking along the flat desert in northern Niger.

Reuters

Aid shortage leaves refugees in Uganda reliant on kitchen gardens

Watering the neat lines of green salad leaves outside her thatched home, Susan Konga, a South Sudanese woman living in a refugee camp in northern Uganda, is preparing her kitchen garden for the next harvest.

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Deal to Restore Democratic Transition in Sudan Delayed Again

A dispute between Sudan’s military and a paramilitary group again forced the delay of signing a deal with politicians to restore the country’s democratic transition, which was derailed by a 2021 coup, a pro-democracy bloc said Wednesday. The bloc, known as the Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change,…

Tribune News Service

More than 34 million could face hunger by June in West Africa, IRC says

More than 34 million people across West Africa’s Sahel region could face hunger by June as conflict, climate change and economic turmoil following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has deepened a humanitarian crisis, the International Rescue Committee said.

Daily Record

More than 80% of families struggled to pay utility bills last year, study shows

Report reveals 'suffering and hardship' as families battle to meet children's basic needs during cost-of-living crisis

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