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Injured and abandoned: hundreds of Gaza amputees left stranded in Egypt
ByEmre Çaylak in Cairo April 9, 2026

At the peak of the Israel-Gaza conflict, 10 children a day were losing one or both legs. For those who cross the border for medical help, physical recovery is only the start of their struggleOla Jamal, 36, was breastfeeding her two-month-old son, Zain,…

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Sluts, simps and body shaming: the rise of Africa’s manosphere
BySarah Johnson April 7, 2026

Experts have been alarmed at the growth of deep misogyny dressed up as self-help on social media. We profile seven men from across the continent who are gaining tractionIt is not just Europe and the US that are grappling with a growing landscape of mis…

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‘Everyone is thinking about oil prices’: is Iran using the war to hide a surge in executions?
BySarah Johnson and Maryam Foumani April 2, 2026

Regime has long used the death penalty to suppress dissent but now appears to be withholding information on the killing of hundreds of prisoners, say rights groupsIt has been almost three months since Peyvand Naimi, 30, was arrested in connection with …

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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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In Gaza, the joy of Eid has gone. Visiting relatives at the end of Ramadan is a procession through loss | Ahmed Kamal Junina
ByAhmed Kamal Junina March 24, 2026

Every home is missing someone, every person is carrying grief. We went not to celebrate but to sit with the bereavedEid al-Fitr is meant to bring release. It comes at the end of Ramadan, after a month of fasting and prayer, and in Gaza it has always ca…

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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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At least 13 hospitals and health facilities hit during attacks on Iran, WHO says
ByKat Lay, Global health correspondent March 5, 2026

Global health body investigating reports that four medics are among the 1,230 people killed in Iran since start of warMiddle East crisis – live updatesAt least 13 hospitals and other health facilities have been hit during the US-Israel attacks on Iran,…

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Civilian deaths in Iran pass 200 amid fear of bombs and regime clampdown
ByDeepa Parent March 2, 2026

As US-Israeli airstrikes hit their cities, people tell of how the authorities are warning them off the streets At least 200 civilians have been killed since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran last weekend, according to rights groups, as people insi…

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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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A rare chronicle of war, survival and devastation in Darfur – in pictures
ByPhotographs by Jérôme Tubiana February 15, 2026

Few outsiders, if any, have ventured more widely into the centre of Sudan’s brutal civil war than Jérôme Tubiana. The French humanitarian has been granted unprecedented access to travel throughout the western region of Darfur to document the heart of a…

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