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A new report by the United Nations Development Programme projects that the death toll from Yemen's war will reach 377,000 by the end of 2021, including those killed by direct and indirect causes. UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner said, "In the case of Yemen, we believe that the number of people who...

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to the front lines to lead his troops in the battle against forces from the northern Tigray region in a campaign to "save Ethiopia," according to state-affiliated media. Abiy tweeted, "The time has come to lead the country with sacrifice. Those who want...

A political agreement has been signed in Sudan enabling Aballa Hamdok to be reinstated as prime minister to restore the transition to civilian rule. The 14-point deal also provides for the release of all political prisoners detained during the coup and stipulates that a 2019 constitutional...

Yahya Jammeh, the exiled former leader of The Gambia, has ignored a warning by incumbent President Adama Barrow to not intervene in the country’s election campaign before polls. Jammeh spoke remotely at a public meeting of Mama Kandeh, the presidential candidate he has endorsed. Jammeh had refused...

The UN’s special representative for Afghanistan warned the country is “on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe,” predicting that 60% of 38 million Afghans face crisis levels of hunger. The catastrophe “is preventable” according to Deborah Lyons who cited financial sanctions on the Taliban as a...

Venezuela’s opposition will contest regional elections on Sunday for the first time in nearly four years, but remains unconvinced President Nicolas Maduro will allow the vote to be free. The last legislative and presidential election was boycotted over a lack of free, fair and transparent polls...

Poland accused Belarus of trucking hundreds of migrants back to the border and pushing them to attempt to cross illegally even after main camps by the border were cleared. Belarus denies fomenting the crisis. Human rights groups say Poland has exacerbated the suffering by sending back those who try...

Street confrontations have again shaken Sudan’s capital, a day after security forces shot dead 15 protesters in the bloodiest day since the military’s October 25 takeover. Top general Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan insists the military’s move “was not a coup” but a step to “rectify the course of the...

A simmering months-long border crisis along the European Union's frontiers with Belarus has this week morphed into a serious geopolitical dispute and stoked fears of a humanitarian disaster. It is estimated that thousands are now gathered near the line that divides Belarus and Poland. Those trying...

The United States has sanctioned the Eritrean military, the Eritrean Defense Forces, and the country's ruling party, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice, for "contributing to the crisis and conflict" in Ethiopia, which has displaced more than 2.5 million people and killed thousands...