Russia, whose Wagner mercenaries fund RSF faction, vetoes UN resolution calling for ceasefire between Sudan’s rival forces
Sudan plunged into conflict in April 2023, when long-simmering tensions between its military and paramilitary leaders erupted in the capital, Khartoum, and spread to other regions, including western Darfur, which was wracked by bloodshed and atrocities in 2003. The UN recently warned that Sudan has been pushed to the brink of famine.
World Food Prize Foundation announces changes in leadership aimed at expanding its global reach
Each spring, the World Food Prize awards a $500,000 prize to someone who has helped food security. This year, Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin split the prize for their work to create a global seed vault built into the side of a mountain in Norway.
Rio pact: G20 countries pledge more humanitarian support for Gaza, Ukraine but no mention of Africa
During a meeting with G20 leaders before the declaration was hammered home, Biden expressed his view that Hamas is solely to blame for the war and called on fellow leaders to “increase the pressure on Hamas” to accept a cease-fire deal.
Opposition clinches presidency in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland, calls for economic benefits from Ethiopia deal
Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of the main opposition Waddani Party received more than 50 per cent of the votes cast. Abdullahi, 69, served as Somaliland’s parliament speaker in 2005.
Ukraine uses US-supplied ATACMS missiles to hit Russian territory as Kyiv marks 1,000 days in trenches
Military experts say US missiles can help Ukraine defend a pocket it has captured as a bargaining chip inside Russia but are not likely to change the course of the 33-month-old war.
New twist in arms race as revised Russian war doctrine lowers threshold for nuclear weapons use
The new version of the document states that an attack against his country by a nonnuclear power with the “participation or support of a nuclear power” will be seen as their “joint attack on the Russian Federation.”
Kremlin warns US long-range missiles to Ukraine is ‘a big step toward the start of World War III’
Russia also is slowly pushing Ukraine’s outnumbered army backward in the eastern Donetsk region. It has also conducted a devastating aerial campaign against civilian areas in Ukraine. Peskov referred journalists to a statement from President Vladimir Putin in September in which he said allowing Ukraine to target Russia would significantly raise the stakes.
Imprisonment of 45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong elicits world condemnation
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to four years and eight months in jail, while Chow was sentenced to seven years and nine months; former journalist-turned-activist Gwyneth Ho, was sentenced to seven years.
Senegal’s ruling party on course to bag 131 parliamentary seats, giving president muscle to effect reforms
Former President Macky Sall, leader of the main opposition Takku Wallu coalition, congratulated PASTEF in a post on X. Two other major opposition leaders had already conceded defeat hours after the polls closed on Sunday.
End of Middle Crisis remains remote as Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government offices, embassies
The target of the airstrike remained unclear, and the Israeli army did not issue a prior warning. Ambulance sirens echoed through the streets as an Associated Press photographer on the scene saw significant casualties on the street.
