Sudanese factions using starvation as weapon is ‘cowardice’, US envoy says
Tom Perriello condemns tactics of Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese military before peace talks in Geneva The US special envoy for Sudan has accused the...
Category : Global development
Pantanal waterway project would destroy a ‘paradise on Earth’, scientists warn
The South American wetland, which falls within Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, would be vulnerable to biome loss and increased wildfires ‘Losing Noah’s Ark’: Brazil’s plan...
Children ‘at death’s door’ as famine declared in Sudanese refugee camp
UN-backed early warning network confirms people in the Darfur city of El Fasher are starving to death Famine has been declared in a Sudanese displacement...
Nigerian singer, actor and activist Onyeka Onwenu dies aged 72
Nicknamed the ‘Elegant Stallion’, the revered star died after performing at a private party in Lagos Onyeka Onwenu, the singer, actor, broadcaster and activist whose...
Somalia arrests another journalist as press clampdown intensifies
Detention of reporters for covering sensitive news is having a ‘chilling’ effect on free media in Somalia, say rights groups The arrest of a journalist...
Maduro’s exit ‘irreversible’, says Venezuela opposition leader, as election protests grow
María Corina Machado says president should understand he lost vote, amid international doubts over victory claim The opposition leader battling to bring the curtain down...
Girls as young as nine gang-raped by paramilitaries in Sudan – report
RSF militia, mired in civil war for 15 months, accused of sexual violence, including rape and torture, in Khartoum Gunmen from a notorious militia roamed...
Doctor behind trial of HIV prevention drug recounts breakthrough moment
Prof Linda-Gail Bekker receives ovation at Aids summit after presenting trial results of ‘miracle’ drug lenacapavir When the doctor behind the trial of a new...
Green economy could generate 3.3m jobs across Africa by 2030 – report
Policymakers and funders are being urged to invest in training a workforce to serve the industries of the future A greener economy could bring millions...
‘Smoking gun’ evidence points to UAE involvement in Sudan civil war
Exclusive: Discovery of Emirati passports in wreckage suggest covert boots on the ground, despite Gulf state’s denials Passports recovered from battlefields in Sudan suggest the...
