German Colonialism In Debate On Namibia Genocide
Tina Gerhäusser October 16, 2026 Opposition parties have forced a debate in the Bundestag on the early-20th-century genocide Germany carried out in Namibia. Will this finally spur progress in addressing colonial crimes? Gaob David Timotheus Frederick (left) and Mutjinde Katjiua visited Germany this week to demand recognition and restitution. Image: Christian Ditsch/epd Gaob Daniel Timotheus Frederick was sitting in the front row of the visitors' gallery in the Bundestag this
DW
Oct 25
Tanzania’s Jailed Opposition Plans Hunger Strike
By KHALED KAZZIHA October 24, 2026 FILE -Main opposition leader Tundu Lissu arrives at the High Court of Tanzania as his treason trial continues before a three-judge bench in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Feb 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Florence Majani, File). Source: AP Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu will begin a hunger strike Monday to protest prison authorities’ alleged refusal to allow court-ordered private consultations with his lawyers, his lawyer said Saturday. Lis
AP News
Oct 25
Ebola Outbreak In DRC: What You Need To Know
By: International Rescue Committee Last updated: October 22, 2026 Source: International Rescue Committee DRC’s Ebola outbreak has passed 9,500 cases and 4,600 deaths. The Bundibugyo strain behind this outbreak has no approved vaccine. Aid cuts, conflict and mistrust are enabling the virus to spread undetected. The IRC is protecting health workers and rebuilding community trust. As Ebola cases spread across eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the International Rescue C
Hong Kong Woman Sent to Psychiatric Institution Over Seditious Posters
By Lo Hoi-ying October 16, 2026 West Kowloon Court ordered the defendant to serve three months in the Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre. Photo: Jelly Tse An elderly woman who pasted materials containing pro-independence slogans and Hong Kong’s colonial-era flag outside her flat has been sentenced to three months in a maximum-security psychiatric institution for displaying seditious publications. West Kowloon Court ordered housewife Yang Chau-ki, 62, to undergo mandatory psychiatric
South China Morning Post
Oct 25
Thousands in Prague protest public media fee abolition
Thousands of people gathered in Prague’s Old Town Square on Sunday afternoon to protest against plans to abolish television and radio licence fees and transfer funding for Czech Television (ČT) and Czech Radio (ČRo) to the state budget.
DR Congo,South Kivu: 12,000 households displaced by civil war
Actualité.cd October 21, 2026 Thousands of residents of Kaziba, in the territory of Walungu, in South Kivu fleeing clashes between the RFN and the FARDC supported by the wazalendo are traveling to neighboring chiefdoms and villages, local sources report. According to figures provided by local sources, more than 12,000 households have fled the fighting which has lasted for more than a week. "The displaced are very numerous, more than 12,000 households", a local development org
Actualité.cd
Oct 25
African Union urges shared water agreements
By Unfiltered Africa Network October 22, 2026 The two-day African Union, Angola and UNESCO forum opens with a focus on shared water, climate pressure, displacement and leadership by women and young people. Luanda Bay in 2015; contextual city-and-water image, not a photograph of the 2026 forum. ---=XEON=---, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The fourth Luanda Biennale, a Pan-African forum for a culture of peace and non-violence, opens in Angola on 22 October with water governa
Mozambique: Terrorists Targeting Civilians in Cabo Delgado
By AIM October 19, 2026 FILE – For illustration purposes only. [File photo: Lusa] Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) has increasingly targeted civilians in the districts of Mocimboa da Praia, Muidumbe, and Macomia, in the southern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado over the months of August and September. According to the latest report carried out by the independent conflict registration project ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project), the terrorists have been tig
Club of Mozambique
Oct 25
Brazil election: Bolsonaro tests Lula's legacy
Brazil's election tests Lula's leftist legacy against Bolsonaro's right-wing movement. October 25, 2026 By Alessandra Freitas Flávio Bolsonaro, Brazilian presidential candidate, left, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, during the presidential debate on Sunday, Oct. 18. (Maira Erlich/Bloomberg/Getty Images) Brazilians return to the polls on Sunday to choose between two candidates campaigning on sharply different versions of the country amid growing concerns ove
CNN
Oct 25
The authoritarian future is already here in Uganda
The Authoritarian Future is Already Here in Uganda The New York Times Oct. 8, 2026 By Megan K. Stack Plainclothes thugs frog-marching a radio commentator from the microphone midbroadcast. An opposition activist dying after reportedly being barricaded in his house, which was then set on fire. Security forces raiding a powerful independent media company, cutting electricity and imposing a monthlong closure. General Kainerugaba inspecting a military parade at his father’s inaugu
UN: 874,000 Somalians risk displacement from flooding
People wade through a flooded street in Beledweyne, central Somalia, 17 May 2020 The International Organization for Migration has warned that nearly 874,000 people in Somalia could be forced from their homes over the next three months due to flooding. As rising rivers and heavy rainfall threaten communities already struggling with drought and repeated displacement, it said many of the families have very little left to fall back on. ''The Danish Refugee Council and the IOM, pr
Africa News
Oct 24
Facebook, TikTok, YouTube approve anti-LGBTQ+ hate ads
Human rights group Global Witness submitted 10 ads containing extreme and violent hate against the LGBTQ+ community Both YouTube and TikTok approved every ad for publication, while Facebook rejected just two. Colin Gleeson Thu Feb 23 2023 - 06:19 Advertisements submitted to Facebook, TikTok and YouTube containing extreme and violent hate against the LGBTQ+ community in Ireland were almost all approved for publication by the platforms, according to human rights group Global Wi
Irish Times
Oct 24
