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UN: South Sudan is blocking desperately needed food aid

South Sudan's government is blocking desperately needed food aid and restricting United Nations peacekeepers, according to the UN. An internal report from UN secretary-general Antonio...

Farmers in developing countries could face €1.1bn import tax hike after Brexit

According to campaigners, farmers in some of the world's poorest countries could be hit by at least €1.1 billion in extra taxes for importing...

Defeated Gambian leader accepts defeat

Gambia's former leader Yahya Jammeh has arrived at Banjul Airport after finally agreeing to accept defeat. Earlier, the Department of Foreign Affairs said it was...

Gambia’s President declares state of emergency before relinquishing power

Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has declared a state of emergency, just two days before he is supposed to cede power after losing elections last...

Activist behind 2011 uprising in Egypt released from prison

A leading Egyptian activist behind the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for violating...

Robert Mugabe, 92, backed for 2018 Zimbabwe election

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, who turns 93 in February, has been endorsed as the ruling party's candidate in a national election scheduled for 2018. The...

160 dead after church roof collapses on worshippers in Nigeria

The roof of a crowded church has collapsed on to worshippers in southern Nigeria, killing 160 people, a hospital director said. Etete Peters of the...

Thousands of children dying of starvation and disease in Nigeria

Thousands of young children have died of starvation and disease in Boko Haram-ravaged north-eastern Nigeria, Doctors Without Borders said, quoting a new survey that...

US soldiers ‘may have committed war crimes by torturing Afghanistan detainees’

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors have said a probe indicates members of the US armed forces and the CIA may have committed war crimes...

Vietnam destroys ivory from 330 elephants and 23 rhinos killed by poachers

Vietnamese authorities have destroyed more than two tonnes of seized elephant ivory and rhino horns ahead of a key international conference on wildlife trafficking. The...

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