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Hunger, bribery and ruin: Darfur after three years of Sudan’s civil war – in pictures
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian April 15, 2026

As the civil war enters its fourth year, photojournalist Jérome Tubiana captured images of daily life for approximately 600,000 people displaced by the fighting who have gathered at the town of Tawila Continue reading…

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UK to call for end to Sudan bloodshed at Berlin talks on third anniversary of war
ByMark Townsend April 14, 2026

British aid to double as 19m people face acute hunger, but summit unlikely to end conflict amid Saudi-UAE tensions The British foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, will urge Sudan’s warring parties to “cease bloodshed” during a major conference on Wednesd…

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Sudan is not lost. Here at last is a way to break the cycle of violence in our country | Abdalla Hamdok
ByAbdalla Hamdok April 14, 2026

For three years, ceasefires have been ignored and we have descended back into chaos. Now there is a credible plan for peace on the tableFreedom, peace and justice. Three words that united the Sudanese people and became the banner under which 30 years o…

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And the election winner is … the candidate who can afford Africa’s soaring nomination fees
BySuzgo Chitete April 13, 2026

Presidential elections in Djibouti and Benin at the weekend highlighted how a costly electoral system is reshaping democracyAlexis Mohamed would have loved to stand against his former boss. A longtime adviser to Djibouti’s president, Ismail Omar Guelle…

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‘I’ve not had proper food for days’: migrant workers leave India’s cities as Iran war fuel crisis deepens
BySuhail Bhat in Delhi April 9, 2026

Gas shortages and rising food prices mean many who came to the capital for work cannot afford to eat. Going home is now their only optionAt 9am on a Saturday, 35-year-old Raju Prasad rushes through Anand Vihar railway station in Delhi, a heavy bag slun…

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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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