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By Cai Nebe January 5, 2026 Kinshasa says Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have killed 1,500 civilians despite a US-brokered ceasefire, as fresh clashes erupt near Uvira and tensions spill into Burundi. Displaced people try to cross into Burundi at the Kavimvira border to escape the M23 advance | Image: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Image Violent fighting erupted on Saturday between pro-Kinshasa forces and M23 rebels near Uvira, a key border city connecting the Democratic Republic of Cong

International aid groups grapple with what Israel’s ban will mean for their work in Gaza By Sam Mednick and Julia Frankel January 4, 2026 TEL AVIV (AP) — Israel’s decision to revoke the licenses of more than three dozen humanitarian organizations this week has aid groups scrambling to grapple with what this means for their operations in Gaza and their ability to help tens of thousands of struggling Palestinians. The 37 groups represent some of the most prominent of the more

© WFP/Jaber Badwan | A mother in Gaza cares for her children in a temporary shelter. Humanitarian partners in the Gaza Strip are struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people as winter storms batter damaged homes and temporary shelters. Since the fragile October ceasefire began as phase one of the US-led peace plan, thousands of tents and hundreds of thousands of tarpaulins have been distributed.  Yet partners estimate that over one million people – around ha