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The country is experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world two years into a bloody civil war.

El-Fasher residents Mostafa, Hafiza and Manahel film as their home city comes under fire in Sudan’s civil war.

21 hours agoShareSaveThomas Naadi & Wycliffe MuiaBBC News, Accra and NairobiShareSaveMany Chinese nationals have been active in Ghana's informal mining sector Ghana has banned all foreigners from trading in its local gold market as part of efforts to boost national revenue and streamline the country's mining sector.
It follows the enactment of a new law earlier this month that grants exclusive authority of gold mining to a new state body, the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod).
“All foreigners are hereby notified to exit the local gold trading market not later than 30th April, 2025,” said GoldBod spokesperson Prince Kwame Minkah in a statement.
Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer and the sixth largest in the world, but it is struggling to address widespread illegal gold mining, locally called “galamsey”.
The mineral-rich West African country has been facing harsh economic times with a high cost of living. It is the world's second largest cocoa producer but sees little..

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18 hours agoShareSaveJames Landale, Natasha Booty & Mayeni JonesBBC NewsShareSaveTens of thousands of people have been forced to flee a camp in Darfur in the wake of the most recent attacksA high-level international conference is under way in London to find “a pathway to peace” in Sudan, in the words of one of the hosts, the UK's Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
Sudan's civil war began exactly two years ago causing what aid agencies call the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
The UK is promising an extra £120m ($159m) worth of food and medical assistance.
Charities say 30 million people in Sudan are in desperate need, and people are starving as a result of the war.
“Many have given up on Sudan – that is wrong – it's morally wrong when we see so many civilians beheaded, infants as young as one subjected to sexual violence, more people facing famine than anywhere else in the world… We simply cannot look away,” Lammy said opening the meeting on Tuesd..