Rwanda deports Congolese village in South Kivu
Monument of the 2000 Katogota massacre, South Kivu, DR Congo to commemorate the 375 victims. credit: EdwinAlden.1995 South Kivu, DRC provincial government condemns deportation of Katogota village by Rwandan Army Agence Congolaise de Presse (ACP) November 1, 2026 Kinshasa, November 1st, 2026 (CPA). – The provincial government of South (french:Sud)-Kivu, a province in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has condemned, in an official statement received on Su
Agence Congolaise de Presse (ACP)
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Cameroon President Paul Biya is 93. can he still rule?
By Al Jazeera Staff October 23, 2026 Cameroonians are wondering who Biya will appoint as vice president and possible successor. Cameroonian President Paul Biya casts his ballot for his eighth term while his wife, Chantal, watches in Yaounde on October 12, 2025 [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters] Cameroonian President Paul Biya, 93, is once again the subject of death rumours. Africa’s longest-serving president, known for his long stays away from the Central African nation he governs, onl
Al Jazeera Media Network
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Djibouti Has Spent Nearly $1.7M on 3,836 Yemeni Refugees, PM Says
By Dawan Africa November 1, 2026 Credit: Dawan Africa Djibouti has spent nearly $1.7 million in humanitarian assistance to support thousands of Yemenis who fled the ongoing conflict in their country, Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed has said. In an exclusive interview with French magazine Le Point, Mohamed said at least 3,836 Yemenis had sought refuge in Djibouti following the escalation of fighting in Yemen. He said the government was relocating people arriving along
Dawan Africa
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UN political mission ends in Somalia with no agreed replacement to handle election dispute
By OMAR FARUK Updated 10:56 PM PDT, October 28, 2026 Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The United Nations’ political mission in Somalia ends Saturday, closing more than three decades of successive U.N. missions that helped rebuild a country shattered by civil war and leaving no agreed replacement t
AP News
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Guinea-Bissau Country Report - September 2026
By Iradj Ipaktchi Umaro Sissoco Embaló - seen here voting in Guinea-Bissau's presidential elections last month - is now in neighbouring Senegal (Credit: AFP via Getty Images) Guinea-Bissau Country Report September 2026 By Iradj Ipaktchi Intermittent political violence and decades of corruption in Guinea-Bissau increase the risk that authorities and powerful actors will persecute targeted groups. Guinea-Bissau won independence from Portugal in 1974. President Luis Cabral's Afr
Genocide Watch
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El Salvador Continues Deployment To Haiti Amid gang violence
By Jacqueline Charles October 27, 2026 An armored personnel carrier belonging to the Gang Suppression Force in Haiti is on patrol after El Salvador announced a rescue mission for four air force members who went missing after a gang ambush. Patrice Noel REUTERS Flights carrying soldiers and military equipment from El Salvador continued to arrive on Monday in Haiti, where search and rescue operations for four missing Salvadoran aviation technicians remain ongoing. The men were
Miami Herald
Oct 26
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
HRC RECORDS 37 ELECTION VIOLENCE CASES, RAISES DETENTION CONCERNS
By Victoria Kayeye Yambani October 19, 2026 Source: Diamond TV Zambia The Human Rights Commission has recorded 126 election-related incidents during Zambia’s 2026 General Election, including 37 cases of violence, 12 cases categorised as electoral fraud, eight cases of voter intimidation and seven cases of vandalism. In its report covering the period from 2025 to September 30, 2026, the Commission calls for stronger accountability for electoral violence, safeguards against arb
Diamond TV Zambia
Oct 22
Trinidad police bill threatens press freedom
By Natricia Duncan October 20, 2026 Journalists call for urgent amendment to special operations bill, which increases police search and seizure powers Officers in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. Photograph: Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Images Journalists in Trinidad and Tobago have called for an urgent amendment to a sweeping new bill that increases police powers of search and seizure, which they argue threatens the country’s much-vaunted freedom
The Guardian
Oct 20
Five Salvadoran Soldiers Missing In Haiti After Ambush
New York Times By Frances Robles October 18, 2026 A U.N.-backed force sent to combat gang violence said it is looking for five soldiers, who were in a gang-controlled area when they were attacked. A Salvadoran member of the U.N.-backed Gang Suppression Force during a patrol over Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Credit Michael Anthony Adams Five Salvadoran soldiers, members of a new U.N.-backed force sent to stop gang violence in Haiti were ambushed while out shopping near the capital on
New York Times
Oct 19
Explainer: Will a new leader and a new name boost the rebellion in eastern Congo?
Reuters Clement Bonnerot October 16, 2026 Democratic Republic of Congo's former President Joseph Kabila talks as he holds discussion with the religious leaders to help find a "solution" to the crisis in the country's eastern regions, where Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized significant territory, in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi Former president Kabila named head of Rwanda-backed group Move puts a high-profile Congoles
Reuters
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