Haiti loses all elected government officials

Haiti’s last sitting Senators left office on Monday, January 9, leaving the country with no elected government officials. Much of Haiti’s legislature has sat empty since 2020, after planned elections failed to be completed, and now the country’s last 10 Senators have reached the end of their terms too.
20 million people at risk of devastating famine in Horn of Africa

The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that up to 20 million people risk starvation following delayed rain in the Horn of Africa, made worse by lack of humanitarian aid.