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Displaced Sudanese civilians from Darfur arrive at a transit point, with the war's drone-warfare phase intensifying

Drone Strikes Killed Over 1,000 Civilians in Sudan This Year, the UN Says

UN High Commissioner Volker Turk says drone strikes killed more than 1,000 civilians in Sudan in the first five months of 2026, the year the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and

June 18, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Airtel Money IPO and Airtel Africa branding displayed with the London Stock Exchange ahead of the July 31 listing deadline

Airtel Africa Faces $515 Million Deadline as Airtel Money London IPO Race Enters Final Six Weeks

Airtel Africa is entering a critical phase in its long-awaited plan to take Airtel Money public, with just six weeks remaining before a contractual deadline that could carry major financial consequences for

June 17, 2026

News·Technology

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

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Drone Strikes Killed Over 1,000 Civilians in Sudan This Year, the UN Says

Airtel Africa Faces $515 Million Deadline as Airtel Money London IPO Race Enters Final Six Weeks

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.

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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