Four Palestine Action hunger strikers pledge to continue, families say Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers have issued legal challenge to justice secretary David Lammy The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2025
Grassroots group’s bank account frozen due to ‘Palestine Action investigation’ Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine, which has no affiliation to direct action group, informed by deputy mayor The Guardian - UK · Dec 25, 2025
Hundreds of thousands newly displaced as Islamic State insurgency expands in Mozambique Rising numbers of people flee jihadists, as violence against civilians increases and foreign aid dwindles The Guardian - UK · Dec 25, 2025
Tears of joy as Nigerian families reunite with kidnapped schoolchildren Families in north-central Nigeria have joyfully reunited with schoolchildren held for a month after a mass abduction The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2025
‘You sneak in and hope you make it back’: the Sudanese volunteers risking it all to bring care to millions Members of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms network tell Guardian they didn’t mind missing out on the Nobel peace prize because ‘we only want to help’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2025
Rwanda shuts 10,000 churches under tough worship regulations The Rwandan government has reportedly closed about 10,000 churches for failing to comply with a 2018 law regulating places of worship, which introduced new requirements on health and safety, financial disclosures, and mandatory theological training for preachers. Radio France Internationale · Dec 24, 2025
Pro-Palestine prisoners pause hunger strike as their health deteriorates Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib, on remand at HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, had refused food for almost 50 days in protest at the ban on Palestine Action The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2025
A heavy moral burden as Palestine Action hunger strikers risk death Letters: Dr David Nicholl and Dr John Kalk discuss medical ethics in relation to the care of prisoners on hunger strike, and Dr Jonathan Fluxman calls on Labour to act now before the worst happens The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2025
Michael Mansfield criticises ministers’ refusal to meet Palestine Action hunger strikers Leading human rights lawyer accuses government of ‘dismissive approach’ based on ‘ludicrous’ reasoning The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2025
Greta Thunberg arrested in London over ‘Palestine Action prisoners’ placard Two other people held on suspicion of criminal damage after protest at insurance company’s offices The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2025
Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks? Seven prisoners have been taken to hospital since starting their strikes, with some claiming a lack of medical attention The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025
Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy Justice secretary urged to ‘show a bit of humanity’ with protesters severely ill after refusing food for weeks The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025
Freed Nigerian schoolchildren to be reunited with families Month-long ordeal ends but no details released on how they regained their freedom or who was behind abduction The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025
Nigeria says all freed after release of 130 abducted Catholic schoolchildren Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 schoolchildren who were taken at gunpoint from a Catholic school in November. The government says that no more staff and students are still being held. Radio France Internationale · Dec 22, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025 It was lethal to be in Gaza this year, and deadly for those who tried to tell the world The Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was the most prominent name among so many targeted for simply bearing witness to the truth, says journalist and media professor Jane Martinson
The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2025 Two Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers taken to hospital MPs and next of kin of prisoners Amu Gib, 30, and Kamran Ahmed, 28, call for immediate government intervention
The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2025 Sweden and Germany slash aid budgets to focus on Ukraine and defence spending Echoing the dismantling of USAID, other countries are changing funding priorities and health and hunger programmes in Africa will lose out
Radio France Internationale · Dec 21, 2025 Sudan's El-Fasher under the RSF, destroyed and 'full of bodies' When Sudanese nurse Asmaa returned to the Darfur city of El-Fasher, she found only bodies where her neighbours once lived and no sign of the family she had come to save.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2025 ‘It feels like being suffocated’: Palestine Action activist in HMP Peterborough vows to continue hunger strike Teuta Hoxha says she remains determined despite growing fears for her health and five other prisoners staging protest
The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2025 UN urges Rwanda to leave eastern Congo and extends peacekeeping mission for a year The U.N. Security Council has urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern Congo and extended the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo for a year
Radio France Internationale · Dec 20, 2025 UN mulls new mandate for DR Congo peacekeepers at critical moment for conflict With hostilities once again flaring in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations is weighing another extension of its Monusco peacekeeping mission when its mandate expires this month. Though the UN had been charting a progressive withdrawal, renewed fighting and an international push for peace look set to…
Radio France Internationale · Dec 20, 2025 Tanzania police accused of ‘unlawful lethal force’ after protests left 700 dead Evidence gathered by human rights NGO Amnesty International shows Tanzania’s post-election protests were met with overwhelming force, with the United Nations estimating at least 700 people were killed in the unrest – raising questions about the future of civic freedoms in the country.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025 The Guardian view on the Palestine Action hunger strikers: the government is trying to ignore this protest Editorial: Doctors have warned that the lives of these prisoners are now in danger. Pretending this is not happening is not good enough
The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025 Gaza no longer in famine but hunger levels remain critical, UN says Monitor says almost one in eight people face food shortages as flooding and cold exacerbate humanitarian emergency
The Guardian - US · Dec 19, 2025 Santas and elves rob Montreal grocery store to ‘give food to the needy’ Group called Robins des Ruelles later said in statement stunt was intended to highlight cost of living crisis