ICC prosecutor warns Sudan’s paramilitary forces may be committing war crimes in Darfur Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are preserving evidence from Sudan's Darfur region The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025
Dutch court tries an Eritrean man accused of brutal migrant smuggling A Dutch court has opened a trial for an Eritrean man accused of running a brutal migrant smuggling network The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025
Tanzania’s President Hassan sworn in after election sparks deadly protests President Hassan was sworn in at a restricted ceremony with a handful of guests The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2025
Trump news at a glance: Republicans insist Trump is ‘desperate’ to resolve shutdown as Snap payments end Mike Johnson claims ‘big-hearted’ president wants to reopen government; FBI fires official amid Patel’s outrage over stories about jet use – key US politics stories from Sunday 2 November The Guardian - US · Nov 3, 2025
The world must act to stop the catastrophe unfolding in Sudan THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: US secretary of state Marco Rubio has set the tone for international action to alleviate the suffering and all responsible nations should follow The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2025
Aid cuts could set back fragile gains in eliminating neglected tropical diseases Letter: In response to an editorial on the uptick in malaria, Prof Heather Ferguson writes that progress against dengue, leprosy, rabies and other conditions could unravel The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2025
Fears grow for thousands trapped in Sudan's el-Fasher as few reach safety An aid group reports that only a few thousand Sudanese have escaped atrocities by Sudan's paramilitary forces in el-Fasher city The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2025
The end of federal food aid could hit Black Americans hardest One in eight Americans use federal food aid but halting the SNAP program would hurt Black Americans more than anyone else The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2025
EU urges Tanzanian authorities to show restraint following Hassan's poll win The European Union on Sunday urged the Tanzanian authorities to exercise "maximum restraint in order to preserve human lives," following violence during the re-election of President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Radio France Internationale · Nov 2, 2025
He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’ For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are being hunted down The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2025
Tanzania's opposition condemns vote as President Hassan calls for unity Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema on Sunday rejected President Samia Suluhu Hassan's landslide victory in elections that triggered deadly protests across the country over the exclusion of her key challengers from the vote. Radio France Internationale · Nov 2, 2025
How al-Qaida-linked jihadist group JNIM is bringing Mali to its knees Political instability and fuel shortages caused by rebel group is driving Mali to brink of becoming Islamist republic The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2025
US food banks rush to stock supplies amid the Snap lapse: ‘We’re going to garner all the resources we can’ Food insecurity for millions of Americans is set to spike, with Trump officials saying Snap benefits will cease as the government shutdown enters its second month The Guardian - US · Nov 1, 2025
Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2025 Cooper announces £5m in aid for Sudan amid ‘horrifying’ scenes in El Fasher The Foreign Secretary was speaking at a conference in Bahrain on Saturday.
Radio France Internationale · Nov 1, 2025 Hassan sweeps to victory in disputed Tanzanian presidential election Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has won a landslide election victory, official results revealed on Saturday.
The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2025 Tanzania president claims 98% of vote in election tarnished by deadly crackdown President’s two main rivals were prevented from running in deeply flawed election
The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2025 Tanzania’s Hassan declared landslide winner in election that triggered violent protests The result hands Hassan, who took power in 2021, a five-year term following opposition repression
Radio France Internationale · Nov 1, 2025 UN 'alarmed' by reports of deadly election violence in Tanzania Around 700 people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party said Friday, with protesters still on the streets in the midst of an internet blackout.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2025 A Sudanese massacre foretold: the grim familiarity of the RSF’s rampage through El Fasher Atrocities unfolding in El Fasher since it fell to paramilitary forces follow a bleak pattern seen in Rwanda, Liberia and Sudan itself, including lack of international action
Axios · Oct 31, 2025 Trump asking court how to "legally fund SNAP" after judge's order Food banks already experienced a surge in people as millions of families prepared for benefits to freeze.
The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025 SNAP has provided grocery help for 60-plus years; here's how it works The SNAP program has been a major piece of the U.S. social safety network since it launched as the food stamp program in 1964
The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2025 The Guardian view on the atrocities in El Fasher: the responsibility for these horrors extends beyond Sudan’s borders Editorial: The world said ‘never again’ after Darfur’s genocide. Yet it stood by as catastrophe loomed
The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025 Militia attack on hospital in Darfur came in waves, WHO says The World Health Organization reports that gunmen who reportedly killed at least 460 people at a hospital in Sudan's Darfur region returned three times to the facility during their assault
Radio France Internationale · Oct 31, 2025 Over €1.5 billion pledged for Africa's Great Lakes region at Paris conference At the close of an international conference in Paris on the Great Lakes region, French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that €1.5 billion has been pledged in aid. Meanwhile the airport in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will reopen to humanitarian flights.