War and neglect fuel deadly measles epidemic in Sudan’s Darfur
Measles kills 70 in East Darfur’s Labado in a few weeks as healthcare collapse leaves families without medicines.
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Energy prices may take ‘months’ to normalise, despite ceasefire: Analysts
There needs to be a predictable and stable flow of cargo through the strait before markets can stabilise, experts say.
Jobless young Palestinians trapped as Israel holds Gaza’s economy hostage
With 80 percent unemployed, young Palestinians struggle to survive as Israeli blockade causes economic collapse
![From left to right: Mona Al-Mashharawi, Mahmoud Shamiya, and Muhannad Qasem are among a generation of young Palestinians whose education, careers, and futures have been severely disrupted by Israel's genocidal war on Gaza and the closure of its borders. [Screengrab/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/s1-1775386768.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
One month of war on Iran cost Arab countries up to $194bn: UNDP
Even if conflict is ‘short but intense’, countries like Sudan, Yemen, Lebanon will see major increases in poverty rates.
‘Junk’: Faulty electronics from rich countries flood Nigeria with e-waste
Discarded, near-end-of-life electronics shipped from developed countries are adding to Nigeria’s growing e-waste burden.
In Cape Town’s historic Bo-Kaap, locals priced out by rich foreign buyers
Amid digital nomads, a tourism boom and a housing crisis, can the people who built the city still afford to live in it?
Cuba restores power after 29-hour blackout amid US oil blockade
The national power grid comes back on after Cuba’s 10 million people were plunged into darkness overnight.
How Carney’s ‘build fast’ push divides Canada’s Indigenous peoples
Some First Nations are challenging Carney’s resource-extraction plans to strengthen Canadian economy from US threats.
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Republic of Congo election: Who is running and what’s at stake?
Analysts say Congo Brazzaville’s election are a mere formality as President Sassou Nguesso is set to extend his rule.
![Supporters of outgoing President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who is running for re-election, take part in a campaign rally before the March 15 presidential election, in Brazzaville, Congo Republic, March 7, 2026 [Roch Bouka/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-03-13T082734Z_191928901_RC2OZJA3M43Z_RTRMADP_3_CONGOREPUBLIC-ELECTION-PREVIEW-1773409672.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Poor in oil-rich Republic of Congo: As election looms, youth want change
In an oil-producing country where 60 percent of people are under 25, nearly half the population lives in poverty.
‘Nothing changes’: Four decades in power, Congo’s Nguesso seeks a new term
Is Brazzaville’s stability a result of gradual democratic consolidation or carefully organised political continuity?
