Armed conflicts and attacks

Integrated Food Security Phase Classification warns that 19.5 million people in Sudan are facing hunger amidst the three-year war. (Middle East Monitor)

• https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260515-monitoring-group-says-19-5-million-people-face-severe-hunger-in-sudan/

Disasters and accidents

All UN agencies warn that the hunger and malnutrition crisis is rapidly worsening, with a growing risk of famine in Somalia. More than 6 million people of the 31 per cent of the population facing critical levels of food insecurity, while nearly 1.9 million children are suffering from acute malnutrition. Of those, approximately 493,000 children are facing severe acute malnutrition. (Relief Web) (UN News) (AA)

• https://reliefweb.int/node/4212109
• https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167516
• https://v.aa.com.tr/3938671

Health and environment

An ebola outbreak is confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ituri Province by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, killing 65 people. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/ebola-congo-ituri-africa-virus-d59a194e6032e1783b6085b56d84b0f0

Politics and elections

Matthew Wale is appointed as prime minister of Solomon Islands after Jeremiah Manele was ousted in a no-confidence vote. (The Guardian)

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/15/matthew-wale-elected-solomon-islands-prime-minister

Sports

The United World Wrestling lifts restrictions on wrestlers from Russia and Belarus that was imposed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and will allow them to compete under their respective national flags. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/sports/russian-belarusian-wrestlers-can-compete-under-their-national-flags-uww-says-2026-05-15/

Politics and elections

36 countries and the European Union join the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. (Euronews)

• https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/15/point-of-no-return-36-countries-join-special-tribunal-to-prosecute-vladimir-putin