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Editorial: Sadiq Khan’s free school meal plan ought to be the start of something big

As an economic crisis deepens and readers grow more attached to their phones, Sudan's once vibrant newspaper industry is in decline, with publishers shutting down or reducing their print operations, sellers, editors and union officials tell Reuters.

Shoppers have struggled to find tomatoes in supermarkets in Bristol

A conference in Sudan on Monday recommended special legal amendments to uproot Muslim Brotherhood elements from the army, security forces, police, and the Rapid Support Forces. The conference was focused on removing traces of the regime of ouster President Omar al-Bashir. Purging the country’s apparatuses from the influence of the…

The Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) announced funding to support UNICEF's response to the cholera outbreak in Lebanon and to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases again. The agreement was signed in Riyadh on Monday by Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of…

Sadiq Khan has announced plans to extend free school meals to every primary school child in London for one year. The £130m scheme will support 270,000 pupils not currently in receipt of the programme, of whom an estimated 100,000 live in poverty.

It has been blamed on poor weather conditions

Since the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and the emergence of Islamist-Salafist groups in northern Mali in 2013, the Sahel has increasingly been caught in the maelstrom of Islamist terrorism.

It is hard to learn on an empty stomach. That is why we welcome the move by Mayor Sadiq Khan to extend free school meals to all primary school children to support struggling families through the cost-of-living crisis.

Free meals will make the crucial difference, say head teachers

Violence has erupted in a city at the centre of dispute between Somalia’s semi-autonomous Somaliland & Puntland regions.