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Zimbabwe’s president was security minister when genocidal rape was state policy in 1983-4. Now he seeks another term

Trigger warning: this article contains accounts of sexual violence.

The Conversation

‘A huge human drama’: how the revolt that began on the Gladstone plantation led to emancipation

The Demerara Rebellion failed, but it was a step towards ending slavery in the British empire

The Guardian - UK

Karnataka: Indira Canteens to serve local variety of food

The Karnataka government has decided to increase the price of meals in Indira Canteens from the present ₹10 to ₹25 in all urban local bodies (ULBs), except Bengaluru.

The Hindu

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UN condemns recent gang attacks in Haiti as Kenya deploys recon mission to troubled nation

U.N. human rights officials are denouncing what they called the “extreme brutality” of gangs in Haiti as thousands flee several neighborhoods in the country’s capital this week amid a surge in violence

The Independent UK

Poorest UK families enduring ‘frightening’ collapse in living standards, survey finds

Survey of frontline social workers finds 120,000 children are living in destitution

The Guardian - UK

Hungry children stealing food as tens of thousands living in extreme poverty: ‘Like the 1800s’

Children scared to go to school because they can’t afford clothes that fit, charity warns

The Independent UK

Haiti: 97% of households in some areas suffering from severe hunger

Of 2,664 households interviewed in Croix-des-Bouquets and Delmas, 2,596 were usually getting one meal a day, survey found

The Guardian - US

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At least 500 Bahraini prisoners on hunger strike over conditions

Detainees at Jau prison that mainly houses prisoners of conscience began refusing food on 7 August

The Guardian - UK

HRW, UN raise alarm over rape accusations against Sudan’s RSF

New York-based Human Rights Watch says it documented 78 victims of rape between April 24 and June 26.

Al Jazeera

Rights group and UN experts single out Sudanese paramilitary with accusations of sexual violence

Sudan's powerful paramilitary has been singled out by a leading rights group and 30 United Nations experts with accusations of rape and sexual violence against women

The Independent UK

Two dozen Nigerian troops die in air crash and evacuation mission gone awry

A helicopter has crashed in the Nigerian state of Niger, killing more than two dozen officers, military authorities say.

Al Jazeera

Sudan civil war spiralling out of control, says UN as more than 1 million flee

The United Nations has voiced grave concerns over the civil war in Sudan saying it is "spiralling out of control", as more than a million people have left the country to neighbouring nations since April as fighting between two warring factions has turned the nation into a war zone, according…

Dynamite News

Hunger-striking Senegalese opposition leader Sonko struck off electoral roll

Detained Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been removed from the country's electoral roll in a move denounced by his political party as "inhumane persecution". Sonko, who is in hospital on hunger strike, was transferred to intensive care after his condition weakened overnight, the party added.

Radio France Internationale

Four charged with manslaughter after drowning of six migrants in English Channel

Some 60 people went overboard after their punctured dinghy overturned in the English Channel

Evening Standard

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Radio France Internationale

Fears for Senegalese opposition leader Sonko amid ongoing hunger strike

Concerns are mounting for the health of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who's been on hunger strike since his detention in July on charges of insurrection.

The Guardian - UK

Niger coup backers call for mass mobilisation amid military threat from regional bloc

As Ecowas chiefs prepare to meet to discuss possible action against junta, civic group says ‘we need to be ready’

The Guardian - UK

‘Dire crisis for children’ in Sudan, aid groups warn as millions more go hungry

Up to 17,000 more children a day lack food, Save the Children say, as global indifference to humanitarian crisis condemned as ‘racist’

Radio France Internationale

UN warns Sudan conflict is 'spiralling out of control' as 4 million flee

Four months into the conflict in Sudan, more than 4 million people have been displaced while those left behind are running out of food and dying without healthcare, the United Nations has warned.

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Junta's prime minister says Niger is 'in a process of transition'

Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, the former finance minister installed as prime minister by Niger's military junta, says the country is in transition and will insist on its independence. He was speaking on a visit to Chad, where he met the president.

Al Jazeera

Sudan war will end with negotiations says army’s second in command

Deputy head of Sudan’s Sovereign Council says a caretaker government must be formed in the country.

Salon

When food insecurity hits the drive-thru

You have Americans on both sides of the drive-thru window hoping they can afford to feed their families

The Hindu

The dubash who wrote a travelogue

The Conversation

South Sudan is gearing up for its first election – 3 things it must get right

The people of South Sudan have not exercised the right to choose their leaders since the referendum that secured independence from Sudan in 2011. Instead, they have suffered through cycles of violent conflict that have prevented the democratic transfer of power.

The Independent UK

The UN and its partners ramp up their appeal for peace and aid at the 4-month mark of Sudan's war

Twenty U.N. and other international organizations have called for peace, access to humanitarian support and respect for human rights in Sudan at the four-month mark of its war

The Guardian - UK

Two years on, we fear that a second withdrawal from Afghanistan is under way

Letter: Just 25% of the $3.23bn needed for the UN humanitarian response plan has been raised. Women and girls will be hit worst by this shortfall

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