As censure increases over war in Gaza, Israel finds support among Pacific Islands Countries including Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Tonga have given Israel vital backing at the UN The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2025
‘We wondered what had happened’: how Malawi lost healthcare in US aid cuts Clinics providing services such as antenatal checkups have begun to disappear in one of the world’s poorest countries The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2025
UN decries crimes including gang rape, murder, torture in Congo conflict over last year The U.N. human rights office says Congo’s armed forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have committed gang rape, sexual slavery, torture, killings of civilians and other “horrific” atrocities in eastern Congo this year The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025
UN suspects all sides in DR Congo conflict guilty of war crimes UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk calls for accountability for victims of ‘horrific’ atrocities. Al Jazeera · Sep 5, 2025
Somalis defy militants with processions to mark Prophet Muhammad's birthday Somalis have marked the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday with a government-declared public holiday, reviving an old tradition of merriment once banned by extremist militants who reject such public spectacle The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025
Israel Military Says Controls 40 Percent Of Gaza City The Israeli military on Thursday said it controls 40 percent of Gaza City, the largest urban centre in the Palestinian territory which it is preparing to conquer after nearly two years of devastating war. International Business Times · Sep 4, 2025
UK Court Convicts Asylum Seeker Of Sexual Assault A court in England on Thursday convicted an Ethiopian asylum seeker of the sexual assault of a teenage girl and a woman, a case that ignited weeks of angry protests. International Business Times · Sep 4, 2025
Sudanese authorities bury hundreds of victims of Darfur landslide Sudanese authorities have recovered and buried hundreds of bodies after a landslide in Darfur The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
Sexual violence against children and women has surged in Congo, charity says Save The Children has reported a significant increase in sexual violence against children and women in Congo The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
Trump’s aid cuts leave countries across Africa running out of crucial contraception Exclusive: At least three countries are already out of some contraceptive methods – with more set to follow suit – leaving women vulnerable to high risk pregnancies and unsafe abortions, writes Rachel Schraer The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
US approves $32.5 million in assistance to Nigeria to help address hunger The United States has approved $32.5 million in assistance to Nigeria to help address hunger, in a rare shift in U.S. foreign policy since former President Donald Trump abruptly suspended most aid through the U.S. Agency for International Development The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025
About 100 bodies recovered from landslide-hit village in Darfur as pope urges help Search teams have recovered around 100 bodies from a remote village in Sudan's Darfur region after a landslide devastated the area over the weekend The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025
Keir Starmer refuses to protect UK civilians sailing to Gaza in historic mission Keir Starmer has refused to offer protection to the UK citizens taking part in a historic aid mission to Gaza ... The National (Scotland) · Sep 3, 2025
Lush shuts all UK stores, factories and website in 'solidarity with Gaza' amid Israel’s war against Hamas The cosmetics giant operates more than 100 shops across the country, including 12 in London Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025 Trump’s aid cuts in east Africa led to unwanted abortion and babies being born with HIV – report Doctors, nurses, patients and other experts describe the loss of decades of progress in beating the virus in 100 days after Pepfar was disrupted
Al Jazeera · Sep 3, 2025 Israeli attacks disabled 21,000 Palestinian children in Gaza war, UN says Estimated 132,000 children below the age of five are projected to be at risk of death from acute malnutrition by June.
The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025 Sudan's latest tragedy counts a village wiped out by a landslide The Darfur landslide adds to Sudan’s woes
The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025 Sudan appeals for aid after landslide kills more than 1,000 people in single village in Darfur A landslide that wiped out an entire village in Sudan's Darfur region has killed an estimated 1,000 people, a rebel group controlling the area has said
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025 Middle East crisis: at least 21,000 children disabled in Gaza during war, says UN committee – as it happened More than 40,000 have suffered ‘new war-related injuries’ with more than half left disabled, says UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Al Jazeera · Sep 3, 2025 Why did genocide scholars association say Israel’s war on Gaza is genocide? The world’s leading genocide scholars have declared that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2025 Lawyers say men deported by US to Eswatini are being imprisoned illegally The men, who had been released after serving criminal sentences, are from Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, Jamaica and Yemen
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025 3 men deported by US are being held in an African prison without charge, lawyers say Three men deported by the U.S. to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison without charge for seven weeks
International Business Times · Sep 2, 2025 UN Mobilises Response After Sudan Landslide Kills Hundreds The United Nations said Tuesday it is working to respond to a devastating landslide in Sudan's Darfur region that buried an entire mountain village, killing as many as 1,000 people.
Al Jazeera · Sep 2, 2025 ‘I felt helpless’: Ethiopian doctors held, harassed for seeking better pay Among lowest-paid medics in East Africa, Ethiopia’s doctors face state crackdown in strike for better working conditions
International Business Times · Sep 2, 2025 Landslide Flattens Sudan Village, Kills More Than 1,000: Armed Group Rescue teams were struggling to reach a remote mountain village in Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday after a devastating landslide buried almost the entire community killing more than 1,000 people.