Africa

Kenya's president delays the country's controversial commitment to send a police force to tackle violent gangs in Haiti. Also, Rwanda upholds an election ban on opposition leader and government critic Victoire Ingabire. And more kidnappings in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria this week ramp up fears.

As the world drowns in a rising tide of plastic waste, much of Africa, Asia and beyond are trying to ban the packaging out of existence.

New figures from the United Nations have estimated that the world hit a record-low for deaths in babies and children under-5 in 2022 - with Malawi among countries highlighted for their progress.

Kenya says it is delaying the planned deployment of at least 1,000 police officers to Haiti to fight gang violence. This follows an announcement by Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry that he would resign.

Kenyan officials say they are still committed to sending police officers to Haiti to combat gang violence. But after Haiti's PM agreed to quit, Kenya's deployment has been put on ice until a new government is installed.

Haitian population terrorized by gang leaders: Human Right Expert William O'Neill

The leaders of embattled neighbours Rwanda and DR Congo may be poised to meet to discuss fighting in Eastern Congolese regions that Kigali has been accused of enflaming.

Earthquake-affected people in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains still waiting for their homes to be rebuilt.

Following weeks of protests, President Macky Sall's government has announced a presidential election will take place later this month.

Scores of smallholding subsistence farmers face miles of withering crop fields in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Government subsidies can help only so much as solutions prove slow to implement.

The Ivorian government is carrying out a large-scale forced eviction operation of people living in high-risk areas such as flood-prone zones, which has affected thousands of low-income people.

Following the surge of coordinated gang attacks in Haiti, a multinational security support mission will be deployed. Several nations, including Benin, Chad and Bangladesh, are willing to join the UN-ratified mission to battle Haiti's gangs.