A lifeline for Sudan

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It’s a period of prayer, celebrations and community gatherings and Muslims worldwide observe it by fasting from dawn to sunset. As this year’s Ramadan draws to a close, Faranak Amidi is joined by three BBC World Service colleagu ...  Show more

After an election held just days after his release from prison, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to become Senegal's next president, and at 44, the youngest in the country’s history. From Dakar, the BBC's Khadidiatou Cissé and Thomas Naadi tell us more about the new Senegalese leader ...  Show more

Idriss è una ragazza di 22 anni sudanese che si è salvata perché aveva il ciclo. E ha salvato anche sua sorella perché ha convinto il miliziano che è entrato dentro casa loro che avesse l’Aids. In Sudan dal 15 aprile c’è una guerra e in una striscia sottile di terra nel sud ovest ...  Show more

Since conflict broke out in April 2023, it has been almost impossible for international media to report from Sudan. In that time, stories of horrific violence and sexual violence have been told by hundreds of thousands of people who have fled the country.Feras Kilani, the BBC Ara ...  Show more

In July, a group of men stormed the presidential compound in Haiti and assassinated the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse. Months later, the case remains unresolved.

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Governments across the world are desperately trying to get trapped foreign nationals out of Sudan, as the devastating violence engulfing the country enters its tenth day. More than 400 people have been killed, and with multiple broken ceasefires, there’s no end in sight to the co ...  Show more