Senegalese singer-songwriter Baaba Maal was named a UNCCD Goodwill Ambassador Monday (17 April 2023). He previously served as a UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) Land Ambassador alongside fellow musicians Inna Modja and Ricky Kej. Maal has long been an activist on climate change and refugees. Since 2003, he has been committed to various development challenges in Africa, working… Read More

After a sleepless night as fighting raged, Khartoum residents are cautiously venturing out to buy supplies amid fighting between Sudan’s army and paramilitaries. Despite the risk, Farouq Hassan insisted on opening his bakery. “We are trying to work and make ends meet despite the power and water outages,” he told AFP. The few clients hurrying back home for safety. Many… Read More

Fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces raged on for the third day in Sudan on Monday with at least 100 civilians reported dead as gunfire and explosions increased in intensity. The deadly power struggle between the country’s two most powerful generals, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s de facto leader, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of… Read More

Acclaimed US jazz pianist, composer, and band leader, Ahmad Jamal, whose career spanned more than seven decades, passed away on Sunday at the age of 92. His wife confirmed his death to the Washington Post while his daughter, Sumayah Jamal, told The New York Times he’d died of prostate cancer. Jamal’s work influenced a generation of musicians including his close… Read More