Famine: what is it, where will it strike and how should the world respond?
A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisis Global hunger toll soars...
Category : Middle East and North Africa
Teenager saves baby from shipwreck during Mediterranean crossing
‘I went to help people,’ says Togolese boy, who was among 71 survivors rescued nine days after boat sank, killing at least 30 The actions...
Anger as families of US detainees in Middle East left off Blinken call
‘Infuriating’ exclusions made just weeks before Joe Biden’s Saudi visit and expected rapprochement with the crown prince Family members of several US nationals who are...
UN secretary general urges calm in Libya as protests spread
Tripoli sees biggest rallies in years on weekend of demonstrations over political deadlock and living conditions The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has appealed for...
Libyan protesters set fire to parliament building in Tobruk
Demonstrators storm eastern city’s legislature over political deadlock and deteriorating living conditions Protesters have stormed Libya’s parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk and set...
‘A bloodbath’: refugees reel from deadly Melilla mass crossing
Human rights groups say there have been no autopsies or identification of the 23 people killed trying to cross into Spain Seconds after Mohamed stepped...
‘It’s a sham’: Egypt accused of restricting protest in run-up to Cop27
Climate activists say plight of jailed Alaa Abd El Fattah shows protesters’ voices will be ignored at Sharm el-Sheikh summit Five months before a pivotal...
Melilla: death toll from mass incursion on Spanish enclave rises to 23
Crowd of more than 500 enter border control area after cutting fence in attempt to cross from Morocco The death toll from the mass attempt...
Moroccan authorities accused of trying to cover up Melilla deaths
Concern at apparent plan to bury victims without investigating cause of death or trying to identify them There are growing calls for an investigation into...
Calls for investigation over deaths in Moroccan-Spanish border crossing
NGOs say toll could be as high as 37 after hundreds of people break into border control area in attempt to reach Melilla enclave Human...
