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Sudan: Attacks on health workers jeopardise remaining hospitals…
A rise in violence towards staff has led Médecins Sans Frontières to rethink its presence in the Sudanese capital as intense…
Death toll rises as Kenya’s cost-of-living protests continue
Opposition leader Raila Odinga rallies his supporters to the streets where there have been clashes with armed police in Nairobi…
Ethiopians dying in agony due to lack of opioids while west battles a…
Poor countries get 1% of global supply … to treat half the world’s people. In Ethiopia, a new initiative has begun, but too late…
‘It’s a huge sign of progress’: the battle to decriminalise suicide
In at least 17 countries, suicide remains a criminal offence – a ‘huge barrier’ to mental health care. As Ghana becomes one of…
At least two killed after Kenyan police fire on protesters
Protests against tax rises and cost of living turn violent with hospitals reporting many wounded by gunshot
Vladimir Putin to miss South Africa summit amid row over possible…
Cyril Ramaphosa faced demands for Russian president to be detained under ICC warrant if he attended Brics summit
‘Gut-churning’: anger as Hungarian president addresses major women’s…
Katalin Novák, an anti-abortionist and promoter of pro-natalist policies, spoke at the opening of the Women Deliver conference in…
Polio scare hits Malawi with 17 possible cases, just as huge vaccine…
Cyclone Freddy cited as contributing factor in feared new outbreak that follows inoculation of 8 million children
An indifferent world looks on as Ethiopia obstructs justice for…
The 6 million people who suffered war crimes will see no accountability while the EU and US restore relations with a government…
‘All that we had is gone’: my lament for war-torn Khartoum | Nesrine…
The long read: Since Sudan’s capital was engulfed by violence in April, life there has been all but destroyed. As we tried to get…
Tunisia says it will not be ‘reception centre’ for returning migrants
North African country, which agreed €1bn deal with EU to stem irregular migration, says it will take back only Tunisians
Monday briefing: Thousands killed, millions displaced – the conflict…
In today’s newsletter: In April, fighting broke out between two rival factions – with no end in sight, the UN is investigating
EU signs off €1bn deal with Tunisia to help stem irregular migration
Ursula von der Leyen hails deal as an investment in shared prosperity and stability
Libyan border guards rescue migrants left in desert near Tunisia
Group numbering at least 80 discovered in uninhabited region reportedly without water, food or shelter
EU to give Tunisia €1bn to fight trafficking and prop up ailing…
Von der Leyen to return with Italian and Dutch PMs despite warnings over ‘breakdown’ of democracy under Saied
Religious groups march in Malawi before court case on LGBTQ+ rights
Faith leaders say the proceedings, brought by a transgender woman, are an attempt to legitimise ‘sinful acts’
Jacob Zuma in Russia for ‘health reasons’, spokesperson says
Ex-president of South Africa receives medical treatment day after court rules he should return to prison
Wimbledon once helped to stop a black player from competing. Such…
In 1971, black tennis players from South Africa toured Europe, trying to escape the restrictions of apartheid. But even in the UK…
Army shelling of market kills dozens as Sudan violence escalates
Witnesses say some victims’ bodies still lay uncovered two days after incident in Omdurman
Latest blasphemy killing highlights Nigeria’s problem with religious…
Police are yet to make arrests after a butcher was stoned to death by a mob for perceived insult to Islam
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