Today it takes a leap of imagination to see the ghosts of Muhammad Ali and George Foreman trading blows at the Tata Raphael Stadium in Kinshasa. It was here in 1974 that the heavyweights fought the Rumble in the Jungle under the gaze of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.

Media attention has begun to ease on the Horn of Africa, but there are signs that food production in Somalia will be damaged for another year as a result of the crisis. The prospect of a food crisis in West Africa now looms on the horizon.

It is near-impossible to conceptualise the implications and lived experiences of humanitarian disasters such as these. For this pick of the week, Channel 16 highlights some of best aides to do so.

The situation in Afghanistan is a stark reminder of the difficulty faced by children all over the world in accessing an education, whether it is a result of gender, poverty, climate or other factors. Today, an Oxfam GB Youth boarder, Emma, will be meeting the British Foreign Minister, William Hague, to discuss the general state of global education. Tweet questions @woodsec

The United Nations said on Tuesday a quarter of a million people have been severely affected by the conflict in Sudan’s southern border states to which the government continues to deny the world body access.

They all hope they can see a function government that can protect its citizens from this violence but as the two figures clash, like we say when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. I hope Congo is not left to descend into further chaos.