The COP27 UN climate summit began on Monday in the Red Sea town of Sharm el-Sheikh, in the hope of averting the worst impacts of climate change. World leaders, policymakers and delegates from nearly 200 countries have gathered to discuss the future of the planet.

Food resources for the African continent are set to be a key point of discussions. To unpack the importance of what extra resources could mean for Africa, we’re joined by the new head of the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development, Alvaro Lario.

Algeria hosts its first Arab league summit since the Covid pandemic. Food security, political turmoil in Libya and Sudan and the Nile dam dispute are on the agenda. Intense fighting in DR Congo’s North Kivu province is leading to major population displacement.

And at the Second Presidential Summit on Gender Based Violence in South Africa, activists call out President Ramaphosa asking what he’s done to combat violence against women since his first summit in 2018.

In tonight’s edition: On the first anniversary of the military coup that derailed Sudan’s transition to civilian rule, at least one protester is killed and thousands take to the streets against the power grab.

Also, key peace talks open in South Africa between Ethiopia’s federal government and Tigrayan rebels. Finally, part of the world’s largest telescope SKA is hosted by South Africa to study the birth of the universe.

New Delhi (AFP) — The deaths of dozens of children in Gambia from suspected fatally contaminated medicinal syrups sees Indian authorities shut down production at a pharmaceuticals company in Delhi.

The WHO hopes to start clinical trials for the strain of Ebola behind a deadly outbreak in Uganda. And violent child gangs in Ivory Coast live off the fringes of society but we meet an NGO getting the young men off the streets.