Three major land restoration initiatives in Brazil, Saudi Arabia and the Sahel have been recognised as World Restoration Flagships at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Mongolia, highlighting efforts to reverse environmental degradation threatening billions of people worldwide.

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a major rethink of UN peace operations, warning that missions must adapt to a world facing the highest number of conflicts since 1945.

AU Commission and The Gambia hold security talks

Six South Africans unaccounted for as Nepal flash flood death toll surpasses 160