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Healthy food is hard to come by in Cape Town’s poorer areas: how community gardens can fix that

In 1950, as part of the Group Areas Act, South Africa’s apartheid government banished people of colour to outlying areas, away from central business districts. The Cape Flats are one such area, sprawling to the east of central Cape Town.

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UN agency heads say Gaza needs more aid to arrive faster, warning of famine and disease

The heads of three major U.N. agencies are warning that Gaza urgently needs more aid or its desperate population will suffer widespread famine and disease

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President Biden emphasizes importance of Pennsylvania in re-election campaign

Discover the latest updates from President Biden's campaign as he visits Pennsylvania for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Stay informed on the i...

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Momentous and precarious: WIC turns 50

"The promise of WIC has been that the program will be there for anyone who needs it. It's a promise worth keeping"

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Rishi Sunak in last-ditch bid to win over Tory MPs on his Rwanda bill

Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson said to be ready to back hardliners – as right-wingers warn PM he could face defeat

The Independent UK

‘A big gamble’: Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan faces crunch week in Commons

Tory rebels say up to 70 MPs could back their amendments to bill, warning PM he will have ‘nowhere to go’

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60% of Africa's food is based on wheat, rice and maize – the continent's crop treasure trove is being neglected

African countries have become reliant on a few food items. Just 20 plant species now provide 90% of our food, with three – wheat, maize and rice – accounting for 60% of all calories consumed on the continent and globally. This deprives the continent of diverse food sources, at the…

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Gaza humanitarian crisis ‘staining our shared humanity’, says UN refugee agency – as it happened

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In Uganda, refugees' need for wood ravaged the forest. Now, they work to restore it

Refugees from Uganda’s neighboring countries have long been welcomed to the Nakivale settlement near its southern border with Tanzania

The Independent UK

UN peacekeepers begin long process of leaving DR Congo after 25 years

UN peacekeepers have begun withdrawing from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's foreign minister announced on Saturday, 25 years after their mission began. The operation is due to be completed by the end of the year.

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DR Congo Says Pullout Of UN Peacekeepers Has Started

The withdrawal of UN peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo "has commenced", the foreign minister announced on Saturday, with completion due by the end of the year.

International Business Times

‘We are ready for a war’: Somalia threatens conflict with Ethiopia over breakaway region

Somaliland hoped to be recognised as a country after port deal with landlocked Ethiopia - but move has sparked fury in Somalia

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s Rwanda treaty ‘unlikely to satisfy supreme court’, say legal experts

Legal bodies, academics and human rights groups say treaty risks undermining rule of law

The Guardian - UK

Republican governors in 15 states are turning down food money for 8 million children

States with some of the highest rates of children living in poverty are rejecting bipartisan aid

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Cholera cases soar globally amid shortage of vaccines

Resurgence classified as grade 3 emergency by WHO, with southern Africa and Haiti among those hardest hit

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Burundi closes border with Rwanda in latest East Africa row

President Ndayishimiye accuses Rwanda of backing DRC-based armed group Red Tabara against his government.

France 24

Israel makes deal with Qatar to get medicine to hostages in Gaza

Israel has negotiated an arrangement with Qatar that will allow for the delivery of medications to hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza "in the next few days", the Israeli prime minister's office said Friday. Israel earlier mounted its defence against South Africa's accusations of genocide at the International Court…

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Hunger crisis grips Gaza as war nears 100th day

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UK government admits Rwanda has ‘issues with its human rights record’

Assessment comes despite claims by Rishi Sunak that Rwanda is safe when making case for asylum policy

The Guardian - UK

David Cameron urges Israel to improve aid flow into Gaza

UK foreign secretary outlines practical measures to allow in ‘more aid, more quickly and more effectively’

The Guardian - UK

Israel must act now to let aid through and save lives in Gaza. Britain has a plan to help that happen

With crossings opened for longer, water supplies restored and UN staff able to safely distribute food, we can limit the scale of this catastrophe, says David Cameron, Britain’s foreign secretary

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Ethiopia's quest for access to the sea: success rests on good relations with its neighbours

On 1 January, Ethiopia and Somaliland signed a memorandum of understanding granting Addis Ababa direct access to the Gulf of Aden. This strategic agreement paves the way for Ethiopia to establish commercial and military bases along the coast.

Al Jazeera

Somalia begins ‘efforts to rescue’ UN helicopter crew held by al-Shabab

The UN helicopter accidentally landed in al-Shabab territory on Wednesday, with 6 of 9 passengers taken hostage.

France 24

🔴 Live: Arab rapprochement with Israel ‘best way’ to isolate Iran, Blinken says

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said a rapprochement between Israel and Arab countries was the best way to isolate Iran and its proxies. The comments came after the top US diplomat met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo as he concluded a week of shuttle diplomacy…

International Business Times

Polish Ex-minister On Hunger Strike As Populists Denounce 'Political' Arrests

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday said he was shocked over the arrest of a former interior minister and his aide in a high-profile case that saw one of the detained men launch a hunger strike.

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