The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $87 million grant to strengthen food security and rural livelihoods in Sudan, as conflict, climate shocks and economic disruption deepen a nationwide food crisis.

Microsoft will no longer have exclusive access to OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) models ​and products, a significant change that will allow ‌the startup to sell its technology across rival cloud platforms, including Amazon and Google.

The blockade of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz during the conflict involving the United States (US) and Iran has exposed how commercial vessels and civilian crews are increasingly being used as “leverage in geopolitical disputes”, according to the head of the United Nations’ (UN) International Maritime Organisation (IMO).