Ben Farmer

A wave of online gambling is sweeping across Africa, with South Africa at the forefront. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Botswana health crisis deepens as diamond trade drains the country’s finances Six months after the nation declared a public health emergency due to low supplies, a watchdog report paints a bleak picture

A weak diamond market and broken procurement have badly damaged Botswana's health service, which was once the envy of Africa. Interview with health minister Stephen Modise www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8d174e0...

‘Mine, baby, mine’: Trump races to catch up to China in new scramble for Africa’s minerals www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Copper for HIV drugs: Inside Trump’s new aid trade At least 14 new country-to-country deals have been signed in an ‘America First’ reboot of Washington’s huge international aid spending

The US has now signed 14 global health funding deals in its 'America First' revamp of international aid, including some that seem more openly transactional than before. Dozens more under negotiation. Copper for HIV drugs: Inside Trump's new aid trade www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

I was raped by Sudanese rebels in front of my mother Rapid Support Forces militia accused of using sexual violence as weapon of war to torture and humiliate women

Terrible reports of sexual violence during the fall of El Fasher in Sudan. A theme of the whole war. With @liliasebouai.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/19a0f00...

🔴 There is mounting evidence the Sudanese city of El Fasher is at the centre of one of this century’s worst ethnic massacres.

Now, The Telegraph has received a voice message from a survivor telling harrowing story of survival ⬇️
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African nations eye sin taxes and debt restructuring to replace lost funding

Ten months after Donald Trump slashed America’s lavish overseas aid, former recipients are scrambling for new ways to fill the gaps

@benfarmerdt.bsky.social has the latest
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Marathon of death to escape El Fasher 'kill box'. Ali Ibrahim fled with 140 others as Sudanese city overrun. Nine hours later only 82 of them made it to Tawila. Surviving the gauntlet meant not stopping for anyone. With @liliasebouai www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Hundreds killed as paramilitary rebels turn El Fasher hospital into ‘human slaughterhouse’ WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 460 patients and companions were killed at the Saudi Maternity Hospital

Reports from the fall of El Fasher in Sudan just get worse. Some 460 murdered in a maternity hospital as RSF overran the city. A video filmed by RSF fighters shows gunmen in a ransacked hospital ward strewn with scores of bodies. By
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Visible from space, Sudan’s bloodied sands expose a massacre in El Fasher www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

World's oldest president wins another term in power at the age of 92 after promising that "the best is yet to come". Paul Biya will be nearly 100 at the end of his eighth term
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African leaders to push for debt relief at next month's G20 in Johannesburg, but likely to be low down the agenda for many attendees www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Another tainted cough syrup tragedy in India. Fourteen young children dead. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

What happened when 1.5 million tonnes of highly acidic waste escaped from a Chinese mine and flowed into Zambian rivers www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

US pushes for truce to end Sudan bloodshed

Britain joins calls for ‘humanitarian pause’ as rebels move in on besieged city of El Fasher

@benfarmerdt.bsky.social reports
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Abandoned in cold storage, the bodies of at least 20 Colombian mercenaries lie unclaimed in a Sudanese mortuary more than 6,000 miles from home. A footnote in a new golden age of guns for hire. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

A starvation cult accused of being responsible for the deaths of over 400 people is still active, officials fear, as new graves suggest acolytes escaped a police round-up two years ago. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Botswana has declared a public health emergency with hospitals and clinics running short of essential supplies as a diamond downturn saps the mining nation’s finances. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Niger claims rare Mars meteorite was ‘trafficked’ out of Africa The incredibly rare 24.5kg meteorite sold for £3.2m at a New York auction in July

An incredibly rare Mars rock meteorite was sold at auction in New York last month for £3.2m. Now Niger is asking if it was trafficked out of the country. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Somalia gripped by fears of militant Islamic uprising With Al-Shabaab 25 miles outside of Mogadishu a weak government consumed by infighting and corruption tells citizens capital will not fall

As al-Shabaab make sweeping gains across Somalia, in the capital many ask if they are next. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

South Africa’s vulnerable HIV patients go without medication after US aid cuts, health experts fear Campaigners warn that large numbers of patients believed to have stopped treatment could signal rising infections and deaths

Large numbers of vulnerable HIV patients in South Africa are feared to have dropped off medication, in what campaigners warn could be a harbinger of rising infections and deaths after American aid cuts. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Kenya may have become an organ trafficking hub, government taskforce admits Investigation is latest to spotlight an international black market matching those desperate enough to sell organs with wealthy recipients

Kenya may have become a hub for organ trafficking, a health taskforce has warned. Records show dozens of Azeri men donated kidneys at the country's top transplant hospital and dozens of Israelis flew there to be recipients. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

The corner of Nigeria enforcing ‘sit-at-home strikes’ with deadly effect Deserted streets as Biafran separatist group compels Monday lockdowns with shootings and arson

Bustling cities in south east Nigeria are each Monday deserted due to a long-running stay at home protest said to have killed 700 people. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Mothers in Lesotho now no longer know if they might pass HIV on to their babies. HIV tests for expectant mothers have stopped under US aid cuts. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Inside Kenya’s deadly crackdown on protesters Young activists are killed, beaten and brutalised over ‘Gen Z’ revolt but vow not to back down in fight for democracy

Hours before Boniface Mwangi was arrested at the weekend to face terrorism charges for his role in Kenya's 'Gen Z' protests, he told the @telegraphnews.bsky.social about popular anger with the government. With David Ochami. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Africa spending more on interest than health as debt crisis spirals Poor and middle income countries are being forced to cut back on hospitals, schools and development so they can pay off creditors

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Could the answer to the male fertility crisis be lurking in your cat’s litter tray? Discovery that the world’s most successful parasite can ‘decapitate’ sperm offers a new path to understanding rising infertility among men

It turns out the world’s most successful parasite can ‘decapitate’ sperm. For @telglobalhealth.bsky.social I wrote about the implications of this discovery for our understanding of the male infertility crisis. With thanks to @zahadyv.bsky.social and Bill Sullivan
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UN drastically scales back aid plans after ‘deepest funding cuts ever’ Agency said it has been forced to ‘hyper-prioritise’ humanitarian projects after savage donor cuts

The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs forced to “hyper-prioritise” and scale back after being given barely eighth of money requested amid brutal aid cuts
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G20 health experts meeting in Johannesburg to discuss pandemic preparedness. But who has not turned up? America.

US aid cuts threaten South Africa’s status as powerhouse of HIV and tuberculosis research Dozens of experimental trials have been jeopardised by deep cuts to spending, new analysis shows

US aid cuts threaten South Africa's status as a powerhouse of research into HIV and TB www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...