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Landsat satellite image of Beledweyne Somalia submerged by Shebelle River floodwaters in November 2023

Kenya Becomes the First African Country to Tap the UN’s Loss and Damage Network

Kenya has secured $700,000 in technical assistance from the UN's Santiago Network on Loss and Damage to build the systems for measuring climate disaster compensation — the first African country, and only

June 13, 2026

Climate·News

Kenya’s Ousted Deputy Goes Into Seclusion to Build the One Opposition That Could End Ruto

Rigathi Gachagua, impeached as deputy president in 2024, has begun a 45-day retreat to try to unite Kenya's fractured opposition behind a single candidate against William Ruto in 2027, targeting the Mount

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

NASA SeaWiFS satellite image of East Africa including the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean coastline

Africa Will Host the Ocean Summit for the First Time on Monday, and It Wants the Fossil-Fuel Conversation in Writing

The 11th Our Ocean Conference opens Monday in Mombasa, the first time the global ocean summit will be held on the African continent in its eleven-year history. Kenya is using the moment

June 13, 2026

Climate·News·Technology

Ramaphosa Goes to Court to Stop His Own Impeachment Over the Cash in the Sofa

President Cyril Ramaphosa filed an urgent bid at the Western Cape High Court to freeze the parliamentary inquiry that could impeach him over the Phala Phala scandal, the millions in foreign cash

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Tinubu Tells Nigeria’s Kidnappers to Surrender or Face ‘Full Force,’ as the Abductions Spread South

In a Democracy Day address, President Bola Tinubu ordered bandits and their financiers to surrender, citing a record security budget and falling casualty figures. The grim record of mass school abductions, now

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, whose term-limit referendum bill sparked the Kinshasa protest

Tear Gas at Parliament as Congo’s Opposition Calls Tshisekedi’s Term-Limit Bill a Coup on Paper

Security forces fired tear gas at protesters outside Congo's parliament in Kinshasa on Friday, injuring opposition leader Martin Fayulu, as the opposition denounced a referendum bill it says is built to let

June 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Healthcare workers in protective gear at Ebola treatment centre in Rwampara, Ituri province, DRC

Ebola Reaches a 30,000-Person Displacement Camp in Congo. The WHO Says It Can’t See the Full Picture.

The Bundibugyo Ebola virus has reached a crowded displacement camp in Ituri province, where 30,000 people live and hundreds share a single toilet, as WHO officials acknowledge the outbreak is spreading into

June 12, 2026

Health·News

An internally displaced woman prepares breakfast outside a makeshift shelter in the Kahda district of Mogadishu, Somalia, as war-driven prices push families into hunger

The Iran War Broke Food Prices. A Super El Niño Is About to Break Harvests.

The war's oil shock is already pushing 45 million people toward acute hunger, by the World Food Programme's count. This week NOAA confirmed a possible super El Niño is coming for the

June 12, 2026

Climate·Conflicts, Military and War·News

Sudanese soldiers near the Ethiopian border in Blue Nile state during military operations against RSF forces near Kurmuk

Sudan Escalates Drone Campaign to Retake Kurmuk as Khartoum-Addis Ababa Rift Deepens

The Sudanese Armed Forces have launched a second round of drone strikes against rebel positions in Kurmuk this week, pressing a counter-offensive on the Ethiopian border as Khartoum's accusations of Addis Ababa's

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Sudanese refugees at a WFP food distribution point in Adre Chad near Sudan border June 2026

Congress Strips Sudan Bill’s Sharpest Teeth as Bombs Cut the Routes That Bill Was Meant to Open

The US House passed the Sudan Peace Engagement Act with its most confrontational provisions stripped out — on the same day the UN warned that bridges vital to delivering humanitarian aid across

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Africa

Kenya Becomes the First African Country to Tap the UN’s Loss and Damage Network

Kenya’s Ousted Deputy Goes Into Seclusion to Build the One Opposition That Could End Ruto

Africa Will Host the Ocean Summit for the First Time on Monday, and It Wants the Fossil-Fuel Conversation in Writing

Ramaphosa Goes to Court to Stop His Own Impeachment Over the Cash in the Sofa

Tinubu Tells Nigeria’s Kidnappers to Surrender or Face ‘Full Force,’ as the Abductions Spread South

Tear Gas at Parliament as Congo’s Opposition Calls Tshisekedi’s Term-Limit Bill a Coup on Paper

Ebola Reaches a 30,000-Person Displacement Camp in Congo. The WHO Says It Can’t See the Full Picture.

The Iran War Broke Food Prices. A Super El Niño Is About to Break Harvests.

Sudan Escalates Drone Campaign to Retake Kurmuk as Khartoum-Addis Ababa Rift Deepens

Congress Strips Sudan Bill’s Sharpest Teeth as Bombs Cut the Routes That Bill Was Meant to Open

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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