Africa

Malawi declares polio outbreak

Malawi declares polio outbreak

Officials mount campaigns to contain outbreak

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African Union chief expresses deep concern over rising tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
30.01.2026

African Union chief expresses deep concern over rising tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Mahmoud Ali Youssouf urges restraint, warns against undermining 2022 Pretoria peace deal amid growing calls in Tigray to avert return to conflict

Burkina Faso's government dissolves all political parties
30.01.2026

Burkina Faso's government dissolves all political parties

Official decree transfers assets of dissolved parties to the state

Nigerien military kills 20 gunmen involved in assault on air force base in capital
30.01.2026

Nigerien military kills 20 gunmen involved in assault on air force base in capital

President Abdourahamane Tiani names French, Beninese and Ivorian presidents as ‘sponsors’ of attackers, warning ‘they should now prepare to listen to us roar’

UN migration agency reports 285 newly displaced in Sudan’s South Kordofan
29.01.2026

UN migration agency reports 285 newly displaced in Sudan’s South Kordofan

Insecurity forces dozens of families to flee parts of South Kordofan

9.5 million internally displaced in war-torn Sudan, world’s largest crisis: UNICEF
29.01.2026

9.5 million internally displaced in war-torn Sudan, world’s largest crisis: UNICEF

Children face growing humanitarian catastrophe amid conflict, hunger and disease