Africa

South African civil society groups demand freedom for pro-Palestine hunger strikers in UK jails

South African civil society groups demand freedom for pro-Palestine hunger strikers in UK jails

Groups call on people across world to demand that hunger striking prisoners are ‘granted immediate bail and that their fundamental right to fair, transparent and timely trials is upheld’

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Algerian parliament opens debate on bill criminalizing French colonization
20.12.2025

Algerian parliament opens debate on bill criminalizing French colonization

Draft law seeks to classify France’s colonial rule in Algeria between 1830 and 1962 as a crime

Paramilitary RSF releases 9 medical workers in Sudan’s Darfur, dozens still held: Medics
20.12.2025

Paramilitary RSF releases 9 medical workers in Sudan’s Darfur, dozens still held: Medics

Sudan Doctors Network calls on Rapid Support Forces to release all detained health workers and civilians

Africa's forests become net carbon source, threatening planet's climate balance: Study
19.12.2025

Africa's forests become net carbon source, threatening planet's climate balance: Study

Forests have shifted from absorbing carbon to becoming a net carbon source after 2010 due to extensive losses of tropical moist broadleaf forests, say researchers

UN envoy says security in Tripoli, western Libya remains fragile despite ceasefire
19.12.2025

UN envoy says security in Tripoli, western Libya remains fragile despite ceasefire

Hanna Tetteh urges 'all relevant actors to work together towards implementing security arrangements, advance necessary reforms to achieve stability'

WHO says attacks on health care in Sudan grow deadlier, more widespread
19.12.2025

WHO says attacks on health care in Sudan grow deadlier, more widespread

UN health agency reports more than 1,800 deaths from attacks on health care since 2023