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Heroism, horror and the ‘pits of hell’: inside the last days of El Fasher
ByMark Townsend, video by Elena Morresi and Laure Boulinier March 25, 2026

Over two days in October 2025, up to 10,000 people are believed to have been massacred; a further 40,000 civilians from the Sudanese city are still unaccounted for. This is the story of what happenedIn the pistachio green Toyota Land Cruiser rattling o…

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Power without a throne: how Khalifa Haftar controls Libya – podcast
By March 23, 2026

When Nato helped overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, there were hopes of a new beginning. More than a decade later, a former CIA asset runs the country – and Libya has become yet another lesson in the unintended consequences of foreign interventionBy Anas El Go…

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Strike on Sudan hospital kills at least 64 and wounds 89 more, WHO reports
ByAFP March 21, 2026

Victims of army drone attack on East Darfur health facility included children and medical personnel A strike on a healthcare facility in Sudan has killed 64 people and wounded 89 more, the World Health Organization reported on Saturday.The UN’s humanit…

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‘Villages are burned, animals slaughtered. We have to let the world know what’s happening’: Tinariwen and Imarhan fight for Tuareg music
ByAmmar Kalia March 13, 2026

Tinariwen went from Saharan weddings to Grammy-winning acclaim – but violence has forced the desert blues masters into exile. Now, a new generation is stepping in to helpSince their formation in 1979, Tuareg guitar band Tinariwen have been constantly m…

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At least 17 killed after drone strikes school in Sudan
ByAssociated Press in Cairo March 11, 2026

Strike in Shukeiri killed teachers and health care workers and is latest incident in three-year warAt least 17 people, most of them schoolgirls, were killed on Wednesday when an explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces …

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‘Extraordinary cruelty’: images show longterm ‘starvation strategy’ in Sudan
ByKaamil Ahmed and Alex Clark March 10, 2026

Experts argue sensor and satellite data reveal targeted attacks on farming communities by the Rapid Support Forces were intended to prevent villages producing foodThere is strong evidence that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed a war crime by dep…

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Power without a throne: how Khalifa Haftar controls Libya – and is answerable to no one
ByAnas El Gomati March 5, 2026

When Nato helped overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, there were hopes of a new beginning. A decade later, this former CIA asset runs the country – and Libya has become yet another lesson in the unintended consequences of foreign interventionIn July 2025, four o…

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‘Imperialist undertones’: global south condemns US-Israeli war with Iran
BySaeed Shah in Islamabad March 3, 2026

China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ justificationMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US-Israeli war on Iran has been condemned as illegal across much of the global south, with Chi…

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‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab
ByGiles Tremlett February 26, 2026

After a nine-year-old girl was kidnapped and taken from Spain to Bolivia, authorities feared the worst. They found her in the rainforest nine months later – but that wasn’t the end of her ordealOn 27 August 2013, a tall, spirited nine-year-old girl wit…

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‘A rushed execution’: the case of the woman convicted of child murder that shocked Somalia
BySarah Johnson and Mohamed Sheikh Nor in Somalia February 25, 2026

The speed at which Hodan Mohamud Diiriye was executed has raised questions about the fairness of her trialOn 12 November last year, Hodan Mohamud Diiriye called her husband to tell him that his 14-year-old great niece, Saabirin Saylaan, who had been li…

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