•Tinubu and United Nations logo The United Nations has warned that acute food insecurity is worsening in Nigeria and 15 other global hunger hotspots, putting millions at risk of famine between November 2025 and May 2026. The joint report ‘Hunger Hotspots: FAO/WFP Early Warnings on Acute Food Insecurity’ was by the Food and Agriculture Organisa...
South African telecom giant MTN Group has said it is under investigation by the United States over its business activities in Iran and Afghanistan. The company, Africa’s largest mobile operator, is cooperating with a US Department of Justice (DoJ) grand jury probe concerning its former subsidiary in Afghanistan and its 49 per cent stake in [&h...
•Afghanistan map The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced a vacancy for the position of Expert in Political and Humanitarian Affairs at the Permanent Mission of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Kabul, Afghanistan. This was disclosed in a statement today by the ministry spokesperson Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa. The mi...
•Taliban Supreme Leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor today said he was seeking arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women, a crime against humanity. Karim Khan said there were reasonable grounds to suspect that Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada ...

