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Childbirth under attack: how women and babies became targets in conflicts around the world
ByLiz Cookman, Tom Levitt, Hoda Osman and Zeinab Mohammed Salih December 22, 2025

Guardian investigation reveals at least 119 direct attacks on hospitals and delivery wards since start of wars in Ukraine, Gaza and SudanThirty women were sheltering in the Saudi maternity hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, on 28 October when the massacre b…

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Colombian mercenaries in Sudan ‘recruited by UK-registered firms’
ByMark Townsend December 19, 2025

Exclusive Guardian investigation finds companies set up by people sanctioned by US hired Colombian fighters for Rapid Support Forces, widely suspected of war crimes in SudanClose to Tottenham Hotspur’s shiny football stadium in London is a squat, nonde…

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Morocco accused of ‘horrific’ abuse of detained gen Z protesters
ByRenée Boskaljon December 18, 2025

As country prepares to host Africa Cup of Nations, families and rights groups tell of police brutality, with hundreds still heldThe arbitrary detention of hundreds of gen Z protesters in Morocco and alleged “horrific” beatings have been condemned by hu…

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Libya looks to its past to build a new future as national museum reopens
ByPatrick Wintour in Tripoli December 16, 2025

It is hoped the institution can help foster new bonds in a fractured nation, but such optimism will be a stretch for someIt was a night at the museum like no other. As the staccato sound of firecrackers and explosions rang out across Martyr’s Square in…

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Drone strike on UN facility in war-torn Sudan leaves six peacekeepers dead
ByAssociated Press December 13, 2025

UN secretary general António Guterres says ‘unjustifiable’ attack on base in city of Kadugli ‘could be war crime’A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, the UN secretary general António Gute…

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UK places sanctions on four RSF commanders for ‘heinous’ violence against Sudan civilians
ByPatrick Wintour and Mark Townsend December 12, 2025

Men are suspected of ‘mass killings, sexual violence and deliberate attacks in El Fasher’, says Foreign OfficeThe UK has placed sanctions on four senior commanders of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces suspected of involvement in “heinous” viole…

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Animalia review – megaflood strikes in haunting, eerie debut about liberation and the unknown
ByCath Clarke December 9, 2025

A pregnant woman’s journey becomes a surreal exploration of class, gender and spiritual transformation in Sofia Alaoui’s striking debutThis film’s tagline tells only half the story: “A young pregnant woman finds emancipation as aliens land in Morocco.”…

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‘When you’re desperate, you fall for things easily’: the scam job ads on TikTok taking people’s money
ByFiona Kelliher in London and Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi December 8, 2025

Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds fake agencies using the social media platform to dupe Kenyans into paying for nonexistent jobs in EuropeLilian, a 35-year-old Kenyan living in Qatar, was scrolling on TikTok in April when she saw posts from a rec…

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Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide
ByMark Townsend December 3, 2025

Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAEWarnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed from a UK risk assessment by Foreign Office officials, according to a whistlebl…

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Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide
ByMark Townsend December 3, 2025

Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAEWarnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed from a UK risk assessment by Foreign Office officials, according to a whistlebl…

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