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People board a truck as they leave Khartoum, Sudan, on June 19, 2023.

‘I no longer have a dream’: Sudan has the largest displacement of children in the world

Displacement

Telecommunications and internet connectivity were cut off again across Sudan as millions of people face an ongoing civil war. UNICEF spokesperson James Elder just returned from Darfur, a particularly troubling epicenter of the violence, and spoke to The World’s host Marco Werman about the latest conditions.

A photo of a book, Eyeliner: A Cultural History

New book taps into the cultural history of eyeliner

Books
Woman in orange outfit walks in dry climate with girl in pink dress and boy in beige outfit

NATO agrees to study how climate change impacts global security threats

The Big Fix
Chad's President Déby wearing an olive-green outfit

In the wake of Chadian President Idriss Déby’s death, a transitional military council will lead the country

Leaders
A solider with a gun stands on an armored vehicle.

There is ‘a grave hole in the international response’ to violence in Cameroon, IRC says

Conflict & Justice
A man holds a poster of eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar

Libyan warlord took a twisted path to Tripoli

Conflict & Justice

Gen. Khalifa Haftar helped put Muammar Gaddafi in power in 1969, spent decades in the US, and then returned for the dictator’s overthrow in 2011. Now, at 75, he’s challenging the internationally recognized Government of National Accord of Libya in a battle for Tripoli.

US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford is stands at a podium during a press conference.

Pentagon looks at stepping up its role in Africa to counter ISIS

Conflict

The United States is considering a stepped-up military presence in Africa to pursue ISIS jihadists looking for new havens after the fall of their “caliphate,” American officials say.

A US special forces soldier demonstrates how to detain a suspect during Flintlock 2014, a US-led international training mission for African militaries, in Diffa, Niger, March 4, 2014.

Niger raid highlights US military’s growing role in Africa

Conflict

The killing of four American special operations soldiers in Niger has highlighted the increasing role elite units are playing across Africa, where their mission is to counter the advances of a slew of jihadist movements, including al-Shabab in Somalia, ISIS affiliates in the Sahel region and Boko Haram in Nigeria.

US Customs and Immigration officers keep watch at the arrivals level at Los Angeles International Airport, June 29, 2017

Trump’s new travel ban ‘still smells and looks like a Muslim ban,’ activists say

Conflict

Muslim Americans are responding to President Donald Trump’s Travel Ban 3.0. And they’re saying that despite the inclusion of two non Muslim majority countries, it’s a Muslim ban.

International passengers arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport.

The Trump administration expands the US travel ban, restricting visitors from eight countries

Conflict

President Donald Trump issued a new open-ended travel ban Sunday that saw North Korea, Venezuela and Chad among a list of eight countries cited for poor security and lack of cooperation with US authorities.

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