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22 September 2024

  • The remains of a livestock market area in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, after fighting last month.

    UN chief calls on Sudanese paramilitary leader to end siege of North Darfur city

  • A mock-up of a giant stadium that resembles a tent.

    Football-mad Morocco dreams of a World Cup final in its own ark

21 September 2024

  • Enver Solomon

    Opinion
    Labour once sought an ethical foreign policy. That should be the guiding star in tackling the refugee crisis

    Enver Solomon
    Costly and lethal efforts at deterrence will not stem migration. Keir Starmer should look to human rights and the nation’s ‘bonds of affection’, not be supporting authoritarian regimes

20 September 2024

  • Aslam Longton, Jamil Longton and Bob Njagi.

    Missing Kenyan anti-government protesters resurface as police chief appears in court

  • An EU flag flying from an office building seen through a fence topped with barbed wire

    Europe has questions to answer over migrant abuse in Tunisia, say MEPs and activists

19 September 2024

  • Reactions in Bamako as terrorists attempted to infiltrate the Feladie gendarmerie<br>epaselect epa11609789 Local residents react near the site of an attack in Bamako, Mali, 17 September 2024. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, a group of terrorists attempted to infiltrate the Feladie gendarmerie school on the outskirts of the capital early on 17 September morning. The military government of Mali has been fighting rebel groups since taking power in a coup in 2021. EPA/HADAMA DIAKITE

    Jihadist assault on Mali’s capital killed scores of people, say security sources

    Attacks in Bamako claimed by al-Qaida affiliate cast doubt on junta’s ability to tackle 12-year insurgency
  • A woman smiles in front of piles of coffee beans in a warehouse.

    The New Face of Small Business
    After a terrible cup of joe in the office, a founder decided to bring African coffee traditions stateside

    Kahawa 1893 prioritizes small producers and premium beans, while also offering consumers a ‘virtual pot’ to support its suppliers
  • A small group of people on rocky ground next to a body of water holding placards, one reads 'Tunisia government is killing us slowly, we need help'

    The brutal truth behind Italy’s migrant reduction: beatings and rape by EU-funded forces in Tunisia

    Keir Starmer says he wants to learn from Italy’s ‘dramatic’ statistics. But a Guardian investigation reveals that EU money goes to officers who are involved in shocking abuse, leaving people to die in the desert and colluding with smugglers

18 September 2024

  • Aerial view of flooding in Hadeja, Nigeria, in 2022. As with the latest warning the floods were caused by heavy rainfall and the release of water from the Lagdo dam in Cameroon.

    Flood warnings in Nigeria over release of water from Cameroon dam

    Potential for flooding in 11 Nigerian states as west and central Africa struggles to deal with recent heavy rainfall
  • A room full of accused people sitting in matching blue and yellow uniforms.

    Families of Americans ensnared in DRC coup plot assert their innocence

    Young Americans face death penalty for ‘amateurish’ assault in Congo that was led by one of their fathers

    • Fair Access
      Global alliance buys half a million mpox vaccines for Africa

    • September Supermoon: the best place and time to see tonight’s bigger and brighter full moon

    • Cookathons, speechathons and skipathons: the rapid rise of obscure world record attempts in west Africa

17 September 2024

  • Elephants near a watering hole

    Zimbabwe outlines plan to cull scores of elephants to feed people after drought

  • ‘Embodies the spirit of the Caine prize’ … Nadia Davids.

    Nadia Davids wins Caine short story prize for ‘triumph of language’ Bridling

  • A disparate group of people on the steps outside a building that has a sign reading Exile Media Hub Brandenburg.

    Rights and freedom
    ‘This is a big chance for all of us’: Germany’s freedom hotel where exiled journalists take refuge

  • People sit on top of a jeep on a sandy road as others stand nearby with trays

    Rights and freedom
    ‘We’ve lost everything’: inside a Sudanese town where children die of hunger every day

16 September 2024

  • Buildings are submerged under water in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

    More than 200 inmates escape Nigerian prison in aftermath of flooding

    Prisoners fled when the walls of their jail collapsed in the country’s worst flooding in two decades
  • Composite image of Aldofo Campos, Tanaice Neutro, Gildo das Ruas and Pensador

    Amnesty calls for release of peaceful protesters in Angola

    Health of three of four detained a year ago has deteriorated sharply after medical care withheld, charity says
  • People stand on their doorsteps as a rescue boat moves along a flooded street

    Climate scientists troubled by damage from floods ravaging central Europe

    Experts unsurprised at intensity of extreme weather but say damage wreaked shows how unprepared world is
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