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A woman in a blue headscarf and black face mask stands inside a crowded shelter for displaced people

Darfur Child Malnutrition Passes Famine Threshold; No Famine Declared

A survey of two camps for displaced people in Eastern Jebel Marra found acute malnutrition in 38 and 30.8 per cent of children, above the famine threshold, according to a new IPC

October 14, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

View from the International Space Station of Geneva at the southern tip of Lake Geneva

Sierra Leone’s Bio Asks Geneva to Fund Prevention, Not Just Post-War Repair

Sierra Leone's president told the opening of the Geneva Peace Forum that the world underinvests in stopping wars and proposed a "Geneva Commitment to Prevention." He asked for a higher share of

October 14, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Displaced children and a woman collect water from a storage tank at a displacement camp in Yemen

WHO: 632 Attacks on Health Care Killed 1,530 in the Eastern Mediterranean

The WHO verified 632 attacks on health care in the Eastern Mediterranean between July 2025 and June 2026, which killed more than 1,530 people, or 86 percent of such deaths worldwide. At

October 14, 2026

Health·News

A wrecked wooden boat lies on a beach under a stormy sky after a migrant shipwreck off Djibouti

Djibouti Takes In Yemen’s Refugees as a Migrant Boat Sinks the Other Way

Djibouti took in about 4,000 Yemeni refugees in a week as the Houthi advance reached Mokha, and a migrant boat bound for Yemen sank off its coast with 139 dead and 84

October 14, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Night view from the International Space Station of lightning, clouds and city lights along the central west coast of Africa

Only 42% of Chad’s Disaster Victims Were Warned, a New Global Poll Finds

Only 42 percent of Chad's disaster-hit adults were warned beforehand, the lowest rate among the UN's Early Warnings for All priority countries with enough data, the Lloyd's Register Foundation's World Risk Poll

October 14, 2026

Climate·News·Reports

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a reception in Riyadh

Russia Warns Houthis Over Saudi Strikes, Says No One Asked It to Mediate

Russia's deputy foreign minister says Moscow has told the Houthi movement that strikes on civilian infrastructure are unacceptable, and that it has received no mediation request. Sudan and Lebanon have added their

October 14, 2026

Government and Politics·News

The Earth photographed by the Apollo 17 crew, with Africa and the Arabian Peninsula visible beneath swirling cloud

Xi Gives Togo Four Principles on Africa’s Conflicts but Names No Conflict

Xi Jinping told Togo's Faure Gnassingbé that wars and unilateral sanctions cannot fundamentally resolve conflicts, and set out four principles for Africa's hotspot issues. Neither readout names a conflict, mediator, envoy, fund

October 14, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Satellite image of the Orapa diamond mine area in Botswana, with open-pit mines and tailings pale against a purple-brown landscape

China and Botswana Elevate Ties as Gaborone Seeks a Bigger Diamond Market

China and Botswana elevated ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, and their joint statement promises to enhance access for Botswana's diamonds to the Chinese market. It gives no volumes, tariffs or

October 14, 2026

Government and Politics·News

A woman in a patterned dress holds a young child on a bed at a cholera treatment centre in South Kivu

Cholera Kills 86 in a Week in Congo as Ebola Toll Hits 4,381

Cholera killed 86 people in Congo in the week to September 28, up from 62, as suspected cases rose to 2,932, the World Health Organization said. An Ebola outbreak that has killed

October 14, 2026

Health·News

Health worker in a white protective suit, goggles and a teal mask during the Ebola response in Kenya

Kenya’s Second Ebola Case Was Quarantined; How the First Arrived Is Unclear

Kenya's second Ebola patient fell ill while already in quarantine, a sign tracing is working. How the first patient crossed three countries to reach Nairobi undetected is still unanswered.

October 14, 2026

Health·News

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Darfur Child Malnutrition Passes Famine Threshold; No Famine Declared

Sierra Leone’s Bio Asks Geneva to Fund Prevention, Not Just Post-War Repair

WHO: 632 Attacks on Health Care Killed 1,530 in the Eastern Mediterranean

Djibouti Takes In Yemen’s Refugees as a Migrant Boat Sinks the Other Way

Only 42% of Chad’s Disaster Victims Were Warned, a New Global Poll Finds

Russia Warns Houthis Over Saudi Strikes, Says No One Asked It to Mediate

Xi Gives Togo Four Principles on Africa’s Conflicts but Names No Conflict

China and Botswana Elevate Ties as Gaborone Seeks a Bigger Diamond Market

Cholera Kills 86 in a Week in Congo as Ebola Toll Hits 4,381

Kenya’s Second Ebola Case Was Quarantined; How the First Arrived Is Unclear

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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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