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A migrant minor from Morocco is escorted by Spanish security forces after attempting to cross into Ceuta by sea amid recent mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, August 1, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura

Morocco arrests 111 migrants headed for Spain's Ceuta in security crackdown

The attempted crossing came two weeks after more than 72,000 migrants surged into Ceuta, sparking tensions within the European Union and fuelling anti-immigration rhetoric among far-right parties...

Children are examined for malnutrition, as civilians who fled the war-torn Sudan following the outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) gather to register at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) after crossing at the Joda South border point, in Renk County, Upper Nile state, South Sudan, April 30, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Jok Solomun/File Photo

650,000 refugees in South Sudan could lose food aid within weeks due to funding squeeze: UN agencies

A Malian soldier stands in position with his weapon during an attack on Mali's main military base Kati outside the capital Bamako, Mali April 25, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

A $50m hostage ransom funded al Qaeda's Mali offensive: UN

A Somali medical worker screens an internally displaced child for malnutrition at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health centre at the Elbet 1 camp as humanitarian funding continues to decline despite rapidly increasing needs according to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), in Baidoa, Somalia August 10, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Somalia malnutrition response hit by more than 80% funding drop as child hunger surges: MSF

Representational image. Picture: Collected

Nigeria marries 1,500 couples in mass wedding

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, 29 April, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

WHOs Tedros visits DR Congo as Ebola outbreak accelerates

A satellite image shows two Boeing 727 aircraft, which Reuters found to be linked to companies controlled by a US veteran and part of a network identified by United Nations experts as transporting mercenaries, weapons and drones for Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, parked next to each other in the military section of the airport in N’Djamena, Chad, June 4, 2025. Photo: Vantor/Handout via REUTERS

Boeings identified in Reuters report carried weapons for Sudanese paramilitary: UN experts

Rescue efforts progress after MV Barima, a ferry carrying people, capsized off the coast of Guyana in South America, in this handout image released on July 19, 2026. Photo: Bishop Juan Edghill/Handout via REUTERS

Dozens feared dead after passenger ferry sinks off coast of Guyana

Vehicles drive past the wreckage of a bus, owned by King David Junior School, on the shoulder of the road following an accident that killed schoolchildren on the way back from an educational visit to Sipi Falls; at Chekwatit village in Kapchorwa district, Uganda, July 17, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Twenty pupils die in Uganda bus crash, government bans all school outings

Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, September 19, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Nigeria to lead humanitarian response as UN support evolves: Minister

Shoppers walk through a market in Pretoria, South Africa. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg

South Africa anti-immigrant protests hit businesses by Bangladeshis

An empty street in the Esinle community, where pupils and teachers were abducted in a large-scale school attack, in Oyo State, Nigeria, June 2, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun/File Photo

Nigeria rescues schoolchildren, teachers abducted in Oyo: Presidency

A vehicle carries untreated phosphate after being dropped off on a mountain at a phosphate mine at Boucraa factory of the National Moroccan phosphate company (OCP) situated in the southern provinces, 100 km southwest of the town of Laayoune February 18, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal/File Photo

Morocco's football dreams fertilised by phosphate riches