AU summit tackles climate change and Somaliland tensions
Heads of state are arriving in Addis Ababa for the 2026 African Union Summit, with a water-focused theme centred on clim
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Heads of state are arriving in Addis Ababa for the 2026 African Union Summit, with a water-focused theme centred on clim
![The African Union emblem depicting the African continent framed by sun rays is seen inside the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as leaders prepare to meet for an upcoming summit. [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image-1771008166.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)








In Ethiopia, once largest recipient of USAID funds in sub-Saharan Africa, many left with ‘little humanitarian support’.
Palestine Action-linked remand prisoner Umer Khalid calls on the UK to engage with his protest demands.
Aid cuts, conflict and economic collapse push millions of Yemenis towards severe hunger in 2026.
WFP says $700m needed to prevent the world’s worst hunger and displacement crisis from worsening.
Palestine Action-linked prisoner, 31, says she is suffering with pain as her 72-day protest reaches a critical stage.
Medical estimates put survival without food at 45 to 61 days. Three UK activists are now pushing beyond that boundary.
For many in Belfast, the pro-Palestine hunger strikes are a reminder of what Irish republicans endured 44 years ago.
Four activists from the proscribed Palestine Action group in the UK are still on hunger strikes in prison.

Pro-Palestine activist, Audrey Corno talks about conditions of Palestine Action-affiliated prisoners on hunger strike.
UNICEF says children who fled fighting in el-Fasher among those facing ‘unprecedented’ level of malnutrition.