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Born in Rumbek, South Sudan 🇸🇸. Raised in Uganda 🇺🇬 since he was 2. Picked up interest in playing basketball after a boda boda man told him he was too tall for his age. Started playing at 14 & 4 years later, he is a top 10 NBA Draft 2025 pick. Wow! 🤯

Smiling and crying at the same time 🥹 The moment all your dreams come true ❤️

Wow! This is excellent, #KhamanMaluach! This is a good spirit. Please keep it up. #SouthSudan #Uganda #Africa #AfricanUnity #togetherness #UnityThroughSport African Union Nuur Mohamud Sheekh NTV UGANDA Daily Monitor Charles Onyango-Obbo James Copnall BBC News Africa

Today's quick update [Jun 29]: - RSF shelling on Elfashir continues for the 3rd consecutive day; at least 3 civilians reported killed, dozens wounded. - Sudan Doctors Network: 239 children in Elfashir have died of malnutrition since January. #KeepEyesOnSudan

Up shortly on Newsday: Sudanese who fled RSF attacks in Darfur tell us what they witnessed; and the Secretary General of the Sudanese Red Crescent Society, Aida Al-Sayed, joins us in the studio to talk about her work - as the war rages on. #KeepEyesOnSudan

The Europeans will have to invest heavily in order to take responsibility for Europe's security upon their own shoulders; but the biggest mistake would be to send a signal that we are weak and divided. 🎙️interview BBC World Service James Copnall bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

Congratulations Yousra Elbagir - very much deserved.

On Newsday Winnie Byanyima makes the case for a more just global financial system. Possible, as the US slashes its aid budget? She says 1 country cannot hold the world back; + calls for global improvements on debt restructuring, + intellectual property rights (eg on vital drugs)

Hugh Masekela enjoying the trumpet he received from US Jazz legend Louis Armstrong, 1956. Picture: Alf Kumalo

The rainy season in #Sudan could unleash floods, compounding humanitarian needs. Nearly 500K people were affected last year — this year could be worse. ⚠️ Funding shortfalls are hindering efforts to preposition aid supplies. 📢 Urgent support is needed to avert suffering.

Newsday's Isaac Fanin is in Morocco - he won't get to lift the trophy, but you can hear his reports on the upcoming women's Africa Cup on Nations over the next few days on the programme. On BBC World Service on your 📻

📑 In her new piece for The New Humanitarian, our Regional Director, Hala Al-Karib issues, a stark warning: "Amidst the escalating conflict in Sudan, particularly in Darfur and Al-Jazira, increasing violence, especially against women, has left frontline groups in urgent need of

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This year marks the 35th anniversary of the original Saba Saba protests. Since then, Saba Saba (7/7) has come to symbolise civic resistance and the fight for democratic freedom in Kenya. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Kenya's security forces have blocked all major roads into central Nairobi ahead of planned nationwide protests. The city centre is largely deserted - shops closed, streets quiet, and a heavy security presence. Some schools have told students to stay home. bbc.in/45RryAh

Today's quick update [Jul 7]: - RSF shelling continues in Elfashir, amidst a critical humanitarian situation. - SAF gains control of Kazgeil on the border between North and South Kordofan, previously under RSF control. #KeepEyesOnSudan

"Famine, Cholera, Collapse": UN warns on El Fasher crisis sudanspost.com/famine-cholera… via Sudans Post #KeepEyesOnSudan

We may feel betrayed by leaders destroying what we fought for, but at least we have a country we call our own. We remember the blood, tears & courage that freed us. A new dawn will come. Let’s not give up. #SouthSudan will rise again. 🕊️ #SouthSudanIndependence

Up next on Newsday: former chief justice of #kenya David Maraga on the Saba Saba protests - now known to have led to the deaths of at least 31 people - and what should happen next.

Happy Independence day #SouthSudan.