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Sahel-based jihadists are extending their reach. Can a fractured region push back?

Counterinsurgency approaches have splintered in west Africa at the same time as terror threats have shifted southward

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2025

Stampede at the funeral of Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga kills 2

Two people have died and more than 100 others were injured during a stampede at a state funeral service for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died this week at 80

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2025

Gaza awaits the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, its link to the outside world

Palestinians and aid workers are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, which is the Gaza Strip’s lifeline for food and other aid and its only gateway to the outside world that wasn’t controlled by Israel before the war

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2025

UN food agency warns aid cuts risk pushing 13.7 million people into extreme hunger

The UN's World Food Programme warned Wednesday that massive funding cuts could push as many as 13.7 million people receiving food aid into "emergency" levels of hunger – one step before famine.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 15, 2025

Raila Odinga: Kenya's Perennial Opposition Leader

Raila Amolo Odinga, whose death at 80 was announced on Wednesday, spent most of his adult life in politics, including eight years in prison as a pro-democracy campaigner -- but never achieved his goal of becoming Kenya's president, despite five attempts.

International Business Times · Oct 15, 2025

Thousands trapped in El Fasher siege on ‘edge of survival’, says report

The city – the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the west of the country – has withstood more than 500 days of attacks by paramilitary RSF

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025

Award-winning Nigerian Agronomist Dreams Of A Cassava 'Revolution'

Mercy Diebiru-Ojo's ambitions are straightforward -- increase Nigerian yam and cassava yields by 500 percent, fight hunger and raise her country's position on the agricultural value chain from a mere grower to a processor.

International Business Times · Oct 15, 2025

Ethiopia's Weavers Struggle To Keep Garment Tradition Alive

Behind the looms of a workshop in the heart of Addis Ababa, dozens of weavers deftly repeat the same motions to craft traditional dresses -- a centuries-old skill now threatened by Ethiopia's economic hardships.

International Business Times · Oct 15, 2025

Healey pledges ‘support’ for probe into soldier’s alleged murder of Kenyan woman

Agnes Wanjiru’s body was found in a septic tank near the British Army’s training base in Nanyuki, Kenya, in 2012.

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2025

Asylum seeker ‘stalked woman from hotel then stabbed her 23 times’

Deng Chol Majek was ‘clearly excited about what he had done’, prosecutor alleged, as he was seen dancing and laughing after the incident

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2025