Africa is hurting again from a global crisis it had no part in starting – AP News

  1. Africa is hurting again from a global crisis it had no part in starting  AP News
  2. How Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa are coping with fuel fears over Iran war  BBC
  3. Africa grapples with energy crisis as Iran war disrupts fuel supplies  Reuters
  4. Iran war spurs interest in African energy  Semafor
  5. The Iran War Is Recasting the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa as a Strategic Battleground  The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune
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Nepal police arrest former prime minister and former home minister over September protest deaths – NBC News

  1. Nepal police arrest former prime minister and former home minister over September protest deaths  NBC News
  2. Nepal’s former prime minister KP Sharma Oli arrested over deaths during Gen Z protests  CNN
  3. KP Sharma Oli: Nepal's ex-PM arrested over fatal protest crackdown  BBC
  4. Nepal's former prime minister Oli arrested over deaths during Gen Z protests  Reuters
  5. KP Sharma Oli: Nepal’s former prime minister arrested over alleged role in deadly protest crackdown  theguardian.com
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Why some European farmers are immune to the fertiliser crisis – Euronews.com

  1. Why some European farmers are immune to the fertiliser crisis  Euronews.com
  2. Global Food Supply Faces a Dangerous Bottleneck as Iran War Persists  nytimes.com
  3. Mideast conflict's latest consequence: Michigan farming  The Detroit News
  4. Fertilizer Maker Yara Warns Farmers Are Being Squeezed by Price Surge Amid War  WSJ
  5. ‘Could not come at a worse time’: U.S. farmers hit hard by economic fallout of Iran war  MS NOW
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Pope Leo heads to Monaco 488 years after the last papal visit

Decision to choose small, wealthy – but very Catholic – state for first European trip has baffled some Vatican observers

Pope Leo will travel to Monaco, the semi-enclave famous for casinos and superyachts, on Saturday on his first European trip since being elected pontiff, causing bemusement among some Vatican observers, not least because it comes 488 years after the last papal visit.

Leo will travel from the Vatican by helicopter for the one-day trip, and will be greeted at Monaco’s heliport by Prince Albert and his wife, Princess Charlene, before being taken to the palace, which has been the residence of the Grimaldi dynasty since the 13th century. It is the first time a pontiff has visited Monaco since Pope Paul III in 1538.

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KP Sharma Oli: Nepal’s former prime minister arrested over alleged role in deadly protest crackdown

At least 77 people killed in anti-corruption youth uprising in September, which began over a brief social media ban

Nepal’s former prime minister KP Sharma Oli was arrested early on Saturday morning over his alleged role in the deaths of dozens of people who took part in the gen Z protest that toppled his government last year.

Police detained the three-time former prime minister at his residence in the capital Kathmandu, and also arrested his former home affairs minister Ramesh Lekhak.

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