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Recommendations for Broad Legal Powers to Dismantle Ousted Bashir Regime in Sudan

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…

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Arab Gulf Program for Development, UNICEF Sign Cooperation Agreement

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…

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OPINION - Free school meals extended to all primary school pupils in London

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.

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Supermarket fruit and veg shortages set to last 'weeks'

It has been blamed on poor weather conditions

Wales Online

Islamist terrorism is rising in the Sahel, but not in Chad – what's different?

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.

The Conversation

OPINION - The Standard View: Free schools meals help every child to live up to their potential

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.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan calls for London’s free school meals scheme to be expanded across whole country

Free meals will make the crucial difference, say head teachers

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What’s driving conflict in the disputed Somali city of Las Anod?

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

Al Jazeera

Hemedti Says Regrets Participating in Military Coup in Sudan

Deputy head of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereign Council Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo acknowledged on Sunday that he had made a mistake in participating in the October 25, 2021 coup. Dagalo made his statement shortly after head of the Sovereign Council, army commander, Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said the army had carried…

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Exclusive: Free school meals for all primary school pupils in London, says Mayor, in victory for our special investigation

Exclusive: Mayor to announce £130m package after the Evening Standard’s School Hunger Special Investigation

Evening Standard

Sudanese Protesters Block Land Road with Egypt

Sudanese protesters have blocked the land road leading to Egypt, hindering the active land trade between both countries. Hundreds of cargo trucks from and to Egypt were left stranded on the Omdurman-Dongola Road. The protesters seized the trucks in the Al-Barqiq locality in Dongola to reject the government’s increased tariff…

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Burhan: The Coup Aimed to Reform Sudan

The President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Gen. Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, affirmed on Saturday that the military rule will end when the situation returns to normal in Sudan. Addressing civilians demanding the end of the military rule, he stressed that the purpose of the coup…

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U.N. allocates $250 million for crises like famine threat in Africa

The United Nations will spend $250 million from its emergency fund to tackle "forgotten crises' around the world, including helping communities that are facing the risk of famine in Africa, its secretary general said on Saturday.

Reuters

WFP boss says renewing Black Sea grain deal critical for Africa

The head of the U.N. food agency warned on Saturday that failure to renew a U.N.-backed initiative that has enabled Ukraine to export grain from ports blockaded by Russia would be catastrophic as millions in Africa are on the cusp of famine.

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Security, trade top issues at annual African Union summit

A main focus of the two-day meeting will be on trying to achieve ceasefires in the Sahel and the eastern DRC.

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Int’l Organizations: Yemen Migratory Route One of the Busiest, Riskiest

Yemen has been suffering for eight years due to the war sparked by the Houthi militia, displacing over four million people internally.

The Independent UK

Nigerian cash crisis brings pain: ‘Everything is just tough'

Like many people in Nigeria, Godgift Inemesit’s savings are trapped in a bank

Asharq Al-Awsat

Trade, Security Top Issues as African Leaders Meet

African leaders gather Saturday in Addis Ababa for an annual summit, aiming to jumpstart a faltering trade deal while also focusing on the continent's most pressing challenges, including armed conflict and a worsening food crisis. As the continent reels from a record drought in the Horn of Africa and deadly…

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Medical charity MSF suspends operations in Burkina Faso to assess risk

Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended operations in Burkina Faso while it carries out a risk assessment following the killing of two staff members in the West African state on Feb. 8, it said on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

UN warns of ‘unconscionable’ cuts to Rohingya food rations as donations fall

World Food Programme calls for urgent $125m injection after being forced into axing supplies into Bangladesh refugee camps by 17%

Radio France Internationale

Amnesty says Congolese M23 rebels killed 20, raped dozens in November attacks

Amnesty International reports that fighters from the Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped dozens of women and girls in the country's east in November. The M23 have dismissed the claims.

Foreign Policy

Haiti Is on the Brink of State Failure

From criminal gangs to elite corruption, cascading ills are almost entirely homegrown.

Reuters

Congo's M23 rebels killed 20, carried out mass rapes, Amnesty says

Fighters from Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped scores of women and girls in the east in November, Amnesty International said in a report on Friday.

Reuters

Congo registers voters in unstable eastern province

Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission started registering voters this week in North Kivu province, where a rebel insurgency has raised concerns about the state's ability to hold elections there in December.

Reuters

Insecurity threatens Nigeria's democracy as voters elect a new president

Bandits spraying villages with bullets, killing residents and setting buildings ablaze. Rampant cattle rustling and clashes between farmers and herders. Mass kidnappings for ransom.

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