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Iran rebukes Ukraine over Caspian Sea strikes, escalating diplomatic tensions

Iran rebukes Ukraine over Caspian Sea strikes, escalating diplomatic tensions

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Iran has sharply criticised Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Kyiv had carried out strikes against vessels linked to Tehran in the Caspian Sea. The remarks mark a new chapter in the already tense relationship between the two countries and underscore how a conflict thousands of kilometres away continues to draw in extra-regional actors. […]

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Ethiopian opposition accuses federal government of pushing Tigray toward renewed war

Ethiopian opposition accuses federal government of pushing Tigray toward renewed war

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The People’s Revolutionary Party (EPRP), one of Ethiopia’s longstanding opposition movements, has accused the federal government in Addis Ababa of steering the northern Tigray region toward a fresh conflict. The party said the government is conducting what it described as a propaganda campaign aimed at psychologically preparing public opinion for renewed hostilities. The allegations come

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Sudan's war reshapes national demographics as displacement reshuffles population

Sudan’s war reshapes national demographics as displacement reshuffles population

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Sudan’s prolonged conflict has profoundly reshaped the country’s demographic landscape, emptying entire regions of their populations while placing immense strain on the urban centres that have absorbed waves of displaced people, according to a Sudanese government minister. The remarks underscore the scale of the population upheaval accompanying one of Africa’s most severe humanitarian crises. A

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Sudan's displaced students describe themselves as 'the lost generation' as exile derails education

Sudan’s displaced students describe themselves as ‘the lost generation’ as exile derails education

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Years of armed conflict in Sudan have displaced millions of people and upended nearly every aspect of daily life, including the higher education of a generation of young people now scattered across neighbouring countries and beyond. Many of those affected describe themselves as “the lost generation of Sudan,” confronting an uncertain academic future far from

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DR Congo files case against Rwanda at international court over decades of conflict

DR Congo files case against Rwanda at international court over decades of conflict

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The Democratic Republic of Congo has formally brought a case against Rwanda before an international court, accusing its eastern neighbour of committing a series of violations stemming from decades of conflict in the Great Lakes region. The filing revives longstanding tensions between the two countries, which have been entangled in cycles of violence since the

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Horn of Africa at a Dangerous Crossroads, Top Regional Mediator Warns

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The Horn of Africa stands at a “dangerous crossroads” as interconnected conflicts and growing geopolitical competition test the region’s peace-building frameworks, the executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) warned at a major conference in Nairobi this week. Workneh Gebeyehu, who heads the eight-member regional bloc, told delegates at the IGAD Mediation Reflection

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Famine Looms as 7.8 Million Face Acute Hunger in South Sudan

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The United Nations has sounded the alarm on an impending humanitarian catastrophe in South Sudan, warning that nearly eight million people—equivalent to 56 percent of the country’s population—now face acute food insecurity as conflict, displacement, and economic collapse converge to push the world’s youngest nation toward famine. The stark figures were released Tuesday in a

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Inside the War That Never Ends: DR Congo Civilians Caught in the Crossfire as M23 Rebels Advance

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In the mist-shrouded hills of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the cycle of violence that has defined the region for three decades shows no sign of breaking. The M23 rebel movement — a Tutsi-led armed group that claims to fight for the rights of Congolese Tutsis but which Kinshasa and a growing body of international

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Burkina Faso Sahel conflict displacement

Over 1,800 Civilians Killed in Burkina Faso Since 2023 as Conflict Engulfs the Sahel

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Burkina Faso has long been one of the world’s most overlooked crises. A country of roughly 23 million people, it has been caught in a grinding conflict involving jihadist insurgents, government forces, and community militias that has defied easy solution. Now a major new Human Rights Watch report has laid out in damning detail the

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