Ex-BBC correspondent in Africa says first reaction to Live Aid was ‘real anger’ The music event, which raised relief funds for the famine in Ethiopia, is celebrating 40 years. Evening Standard · Jul 12, 2025
UN says hundreds killed in recent weeks while seeking aid in Gaza Ten Palestinians were reported killed Friday while waiting for rations in Gaza, adding to nearly 800 similar deaths in the last six weeks, according to the UN, with Israel's army saying it issued new instructions to troops following repeated reports of fatalities. Radio France Internationale · Jul 12, 2025
Israel turning Gaza into ‘graveyard of children and starving’: UNRWA chief Since May, some 800 Palestinians killed at aid sites, most run by controversial US- and Israel-backed GHF, UN says. Al Jazeera · Jul 11, 2025
MSF Warns Acute Malnutrition Soaring In Gaza Doctors Without Borders warned Friday that its teams on the ground in Gaza were witnessing surging levels of acute malnutrition in the besieged and war-ravaged Palestinian territory. International Business Times · Jul 11, 2025
Nearly 800 killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May, UN says UN human rights office says 615 of the deaths were in vicinity of sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025
Rebel groups in CAR lay down their arms as new peace deal begins As a peace deal signed by the Central African government and rebel groups comes into force on Friday, the leaders of 3R and UPC have officially dissolved their movements in a ceremony in Bangui led by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra. Radio France Internationale · Jul 11, 2025
UN's food agency limits aid operations in West and Central Africa due to funding cuts The U.N.'s World Food Programme says it will suspend various food and nutritional assistance in vulnerable countries across West and Central Africa as a result of U.S. aid cuts that have left the agency struggling The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025
“Now I’m caught up in the ceaselessly toxic, dysfunctional web of Led Zeppelin interpersonal relationships”: How Phil Collins’ globe-spanning Live Aid journey led to one of the most disastrous reunions ever The hectic day that Phil Collins Concorde-hopped between continents was mired by a shambolic reunion which he unwittingly became a part of MusicRadar · Jul 11, 2025
US border czar says he doesn’t know fate of eight men deported to South Sudan Men from Mexico, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar were removed from the US and flown to the war-torn country The Guardian - US · Jul 11, 2025
‘Crimes against humanity’ in Sudan’s Darfur: ICC deputy prosecutor The Hague court’s Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan warns civil war ‘has reached an intolerable state’. Al Jazeera · Jul 11, 2025
ICC believes war crimes and crimes against humanity are taking place now in Sudan's Darfur region The International Criminal Court believes war crimes and crimes against humanity are continuing in Sudan’s vast western Darfur region where civil war has raged for more than two years, the tribunal’s deputy prosecutor says The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2025
Israeli attacks kill 82 amid forced displacement plans, truce talks in Gaza Amid aid restrictions and violence, EU strikes new deal with Israel to allow desperately needed food and fuel into Gaza. Al Jazeera · Jul 10, 2025
European Union announces deal for more food and fuel for Gaza European officials have agreed to a new deal with Israel to allow desperately needed food and fuel into Gaza ... The National (Scotland) · Jul 10, 2025
EU brokers deal with Israel to allow 'substantial' humanitarian aid into Gaza As the population in Gaza faces famine, Israel has agreed to increase aid access in a deal negotiated with the European Union that would allow more food trucks to enter the territory and open some border crossings. Radio France Internationale · Jul 10, 2025
Radio France Internationale · Jul 10, 2025 Four African billionaires richer than 750 million people living on the continent Africa’s wealth disparity has reached unprecedented levels, with just four billionaires now holding more wealth than 750 million people combined – half the continent’s population.
The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2025 Judas Priest, Rick Springfield, John Oates and Bob Geldof reflect on 40 years of Live Aid Forty years ago, the legendary Live Aid concerts simulcast from Philadelphia and London aimed to do a lot of good
The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2025 ‘We live on bread and tea. I’ve wished for death’: Yemen’s forgotten refugees War has intensified poverty and hunger as aid is cut, with many families living in makeshift camps barely surviving
The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025 More than 17 million people in Yemen are going hungry, including over 1 million children, UN says More than 17 million people in conflict-torn Yemen are going hungry, including over one million children under the age of five who are suffering from “life-threatening acute malnutrition,” the U.N. humanitarian chief says
Latin Times · Jul 9, 2025 Migrants Deported To South Sudan Were Deceived, Told They Were Being Sent From Texas To Louisiana: Report Eight men deported to South Sudan were deceived by immigration enforcement officials and told they were being moved from Texas to Louisiana, according to a new report
The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025 ‘Shoot them in the leg’: Kenyan president’s anti-protest rhetoric hardens as death toll rises William Ruto accuses protesters of terrorism and violence two days after 31 people killed in anti-government demonstrations
Inverse · Jul 9, 2025 Netflix Just Quietly Released The Most Innovative Zombie Thriller Of The Year The Thai zombie thriller combines muay thai action with apocalyptic horror.
The National (Scotland) · Jul 9, 2025 Gaza aid workers overwhelmed by 'mass casualties' at food distribution sites HUMANITARIAN workers and medical professionals say they have been overwhelmed with daily mass casualties as Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians…
Al Jazeera · Jul 9, 2025 At least 31 dead, 532 arrested in Kenya’s antigovernment protests Human rights office calls for accountability after 31 people are killed in nationwide ‘Saba Saba’ marches.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025 Gaza aid workers overwhelmed by ‘mass casualty incidents’ at food distribution sites Doctors say hundreds of people have been wounded by Israeli gunfire while trying to reach convoys
International Business Times · Jul 9, 2025 Bitter Pill: Cuba Runs Low On Life-saving Medicines Cuban Jessica Rodriguez never knows if she will find the medicines that keep her four-year-old son alive in a country that has all but run out of essential drugs.