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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.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 16, 2023

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.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 16, 2023

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.

Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2023

‘Keep your promise‘: Afghan pilot urges Rishi Sunak to honour pledge to save abandoned allies

Exclusive: Air force lieutenant expected a ‘warm welcome of British officials’ when he arrived in UK on a small boat last year but was instead told he would be deported

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2023

Sudan’s military leader accuses rival of committing war crimes

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan makes the accusation as fighting rages in Sudan, particularly in Khartoum and Darfur.

Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2023

‘There’s no police or state’: Haitians helpless as violence and brutality soars

Human Rights Watch says country unable to protect citizens from killing and rape by armed gangs, and floats overseas peacekeepers

The Guardian - US · Aug 14, 2023

Sudan’s top army general accuses rival paramilitary of war crimes in televised speech

The head of Sudan’s military has accused the rival paramilitary force of committing war crimes as all-out civil war threatens to engulf the northeast African country

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

The Guardian view on lives lost in the Channel: tragedies continue, to the accompaniment of Tory insults

Editorial: Chaos surrounding the discovery of legionella on the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge reveals a policy that is at sea

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

Libya asks Lebanon to release Gadhafi's detained son due to deteriorating health, officials say

Libya’s judicial authorities have formally asked Lebanon’s prosecutor general to release one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons, held without charges in Lebanon since 2015 because of his deteriorating health

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023