In 2024, nearly a third of the $41bn in US foreign aid went to Africa, helping support various sectors from healthcare to education and sanitation. But as aid organisations sound alarm bells and ...

Behind a dimly lit bar in Malawi's capital, Ben Manda rubbed his tired eyes and poured a customer a drink. He had been working for 36 hours straight, packing in back-to-back shifts to feed his ...

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of a major camp for displaced people in North Darfur, the paramilitary ...

The captains? Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. The crew? All the most famous artists around—but Keith Richards’ heart wasn’t in it. The day of Live Aid has been unpacked over and over again. There are books, ...

The U.S. government spent a whopping $6.5 billion on aid to sub-Saharan Africa last year. The apparent end of large-scale U.S. foreign aid is a crisis that also creates an opportunity. Trump’s ...

Ukraine claims its forces have hit the Russian brigade behind a widely criticised missile strike on the city of Sumy on Sunday that killed more than 30 people. Meanwhile, Donald Trump's envoy ...

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