AU summit tackles climate change and Somaliland tensions
Heads of state are arriving in Addis Ababa for the 2026 African Union Summit, with a water-focused theme centred on clim
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Heads of state are arriving in Addis Ababa for the 2026 African Union Summit, with a water-focused theme centred on clim
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Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed in the attack on Kadugli, which the Sudanese army has blamed on the RSF.
The move follows RSF capture and deadly drone attack on Sudan’s largest energy facility.

The ICC sentenced ex-Janjaweed militia leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman to 20 years in prison for war crimes.
“The RSF’s push for the oil refinery … it’s a geopolitical push to pressure South Sudan.”

Carl Skau, from WFP, talks about the limitations & concerns they have in providing desperately needed aid in Sudan.
Many people in Chad already depended on humanitarian assistance even before the start of the war in Sudan.
UN agency said an estimated 318 million people will face acute food insecurity in 2026.
The Security Council says further extensions would hinge on real progress between Sudan and South Sudan.
Renewed fighting, floods and challenges to aid access are worsening the humanitarian crisis, hunger monitor says.

We look at the deals between some African nations and the Trump administration to accept deportees from the US.