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Rival armed groups join forces against the Malian state: What next? 

27 April 2026

A series of coordinated attacks carried out by ⁠⁠armed groups across Mali has exposed security vulnerabilities in th...

Plane crashes near South Sudan’s Juba, killing all 14 on board 

27 April 2026

News|Aviation A plane has crashed on the outskirts of South Sudan’s capital, Juba, killing all 13 passengers and the p...

Timeline: How Mali went from democracy beacon to instability 

27 April 2026

Mali’s security crisis has worsened since rival armed groups have allied and launched coordinated attacks across the c...

Have US-Iran talks failed? Why no deal yet doesn’t mean diplomacy is dead 

27 April 2026

Tensions between the United States and Iran have reached another critical juncture. While a fragile ceasefire is holding...

‘Clearly stronger’: Germany’s Merz says Iran ‘humiliated’ US in its war 

27 April 2026

News|Conflict German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the United States is being “humiliated” in its war with Iran, wa...

Somalia hunger crisis worsens as drought displaces more than 500,000 people 

27 April 2026

Across Somalia, communities are suffering through a deepening hunger crisis, driven from their homes by drought and left...

Fighting over access to water in Chad kills at least 42, army intervenes 

27 April 2026

News|Conflict At least 42 people have been killed in eastern Chad after a dispute between two families over access to wa...

North Korea opens museum commemorating troops killed fighting for Russia 

27 April 2026

North Korea has opened a memorial museum in Pyongyang for its soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in...

Russia attacks Odesa, claims Ukraine hit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant 

27 April 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war Ukrainian officials say Russian drones have again attacked the southern port city of Odesa, inju...

War and neglect fuel deadly measles epidemic in Sudan’s Darfur 

27 April 2026

East Darfur, Sudan — Hawa Adam did not expect a childhood illness to kill her son. Ali was two years old when he fell ...