Hundreds of thousands of people under siege in the Sudanese army's last holdout in the western Darfur region are running out of food and coming under constant artillery and drone barrages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/hunger-sudan-al-fashir/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #cholera #darfur #sudan #africa #hunger

More than 600 malnourished children have died in northern Nigeria in six months after failing to receive proper care as foreign aid dries up, a medical charity has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/world/society/malnourished-children-nigeria-msf/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #africa #nigeria #famine #hunger

My mind is blown. My mom is Igbo yet I never heard the supposedly common phrase “Igbo enwe eze” (from pg 35 of African Anarchism) which translates to “Igbos recognize no kings,” and speaks to a tradition of communal solidarity and non-hierarchical leadership. Now I’m finding a number of academic papers by Nigerians on the topic of Igbo communalism. #Nigeria#Africa#Anarchism#communalism #solidarity#NoKings

Resurgent jihadist attacks, huge cuts in foreign aid and a spiralling cost of living: hunger is looming in northeastern Nigeria, where more than a million people face starvation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/world/hungry-nigeria-aid-jihadists/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #nigeria #poverty #hunger #africa #usaid

Hundreds of thousands of doses of mpox vaccine that the United States had promised to send to African nations are in danger of going to waste, dozens of congressional Democrats have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/world/politics/us-taxpayer-vaccine-expire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #vaccines #africa #mpox #us #donaldtrump #republicans

Meanwhile, about 66,000 tons of #food #aid is in danger of rotting in warehouses, #AIDS cases are forecast to spike in #Africa & the government projected the cuts would result in 200,000 more cases of paralysis caused by #polio each year. Already, children are dying unnecessarily in #Sudan.

#Trump #law #judiciary#Constitution #democracy#SeparationOfPowers#Autocracy#AbuseOfPower

Stricter border and visa rules are increasingly limiting the participation of nationals from the Global South in high-level talks that tackle climate, global health, economic systems, conflicts and other pressing issues. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/world/politics/tighter-borders-summits-poor-nations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #africa #us #donaldtrump #poverty #aids #climatechange

An unconventional U.S. mission led by an Israeli-American businessman to free three Americans on death row in Congo faced setbacks but helped secure their commuted sentences and transfer to the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/world/politics/us-mission-trump-deal-congo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #africa #congo #republicofthecongo #us #donaldtrump

Africa is uniquely positioned to leapfrog the fossil fuel era and lead the world into a clean energy future

Structural barriers, such as debt burdens, limited access to finance, and restrictive intellectual property regimes, continue to stifle progress

https://www.context.news/net-zero/opinion/africa-can-go-100-renewable-so-whats-stopping-it

#Africa#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#GlobalBurning#ClimateDestruction#ClimateSuicide#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Africa is uniquely positioned to leapfrog the fossil fuel era and lead the world into a clean energy future

Structural barriers, such as debt burdens, limited access to finance, and restrictive intellectual property regimes, continue to stifle progress

https://www.context.news/net-zero/opinion/africa-can-go-100-renewable-so-whats-stopping-it

#Africa#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#GlobalBurning#ClimateDestruction#ClimateSuicide#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate