Somalia's top court rejects president's term extension
Wycliffe Muia November 6, 2026 President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's four-year mandate expired in May Somalia's Supreme Court has ruled that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud unlawfully extended his term, escalating a political crisis and a standoff between the presidency and judiciary. Thursday's ruling came a day after Mohamud dismissed Chief Justice Bashe Yusuf Ahmed - a move which the court said the president lacked the authority to take. The court also ordered political leader
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Burundi Civil Society Groups Question Anti-corruption Committee
By Breaking Burundi October 17, 2026 Activists say the committee's composition raises concerns about conflicts of interest and its ability to hold officials accountable for implementing the country's anti-corruption strategy. Members of the committee overseeing the country’s national anti-corruption strategy/ Ntare Rushatsi House Civil society organisations in Burundi have questioned the composition and effectiveness of a committee established by President Évariste Ndayishimi
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Morocco celebrates defeat of UN resolution on Western Sahara
By Al Jazeera November 1, 2026 The mandate for UN mission that was tasked to monitor 1991 truce and hold referendum in disputed territory expires. A Sahrawi man at a closed school in Bir Lahlou in Western Sahara [File: Bernat Armangue/AP] Morocco has welcomed the defeat of a US-drafted resolution which sought to extend the mandate of the UN mission in the disputed Western Sahara. The mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) expired
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Deadly RSF drone attacks reveal deep divisions between Sudan and Ethiopia
Deadly drone attacks in Sudan have led to fierce diplomatic disputes with Ethiopia, exposing complex regional rivalries and fragile border security. By Mohammad Mansour November 3, 2026 Rubble left after fires at Alneam market after a drone attack in the disputed Abyei region along the border between South Sudan and Sudan, October 20, 2026 [Handout via Reuters] Credits: Al Jazeera The Sudanese government’s allegations that Ethiopia is behind a deadly wave of unmanned aerial a
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Ethiopia expels Sudanese diplomats after fresh allegations of support for RSF
By Reuters November 4, 2026 Ethiopia has ordered six Sudanese diplomats to leave the country, a senior Ethiopian official said on Wednesday, marking a further deterioration in relations between the two sides over allegations each is supporting the other’s enemies. (AFP/File) Photo & Caption Credit: Arab News Nov 4 (Reuters) - Ethiopia has ordered six Sudanese diplomats to leave the country, a senior Ethiopian official said on Wednesday, marking a further deterioration in rela
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Genocide Denial on the Anniversary of Srebrenica
By: Sofia Gilmore and Alexander Smith Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery; Photo: Wikimedia July 11, 2026 marked the 31st anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide, in which Bosnian Serb forces under the command of General Ratklo Mladić overran Srebrenica, a United Nations (UN)-designated “safe area,” and committed mass killings and genocide. There have been many attempts at memorializing the genocide at Srebrenica. In 2000, then-High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch de
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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
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Libya Summons US Envoy To Protest at Trump Remarks
By Menna Alaa El-Din, Ahmed Elumami, Bhargav Acharya and Valerie Volcovici October 26, 2026 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo (Reuters) Oct 25 (Reuters) - Libya’s foreign ministry summoned the US chargé d’affaires on Sunday to protest against rally statements by President Donald Trump it described as “offensive”, after he called the North African nation “terror-infested”. • The ministry said it rejected any statements that “undermine the dignity of its people or diminish thei
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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
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Egypt to send troops to defend Saudis from Houthi attacks
By Ahmed Shawkat October 20, 2026 Credit: Ludovic Marin/AFP CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has asked the country's Parliament to authorize the military to help defend Saudi Arabia after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels intensified their attacks on the kingdom, targeting airports and oil infrastructure. Al-Sisi stressed that it would be a defensive mission and only if the kingdom requests assistance. "Egypt will take any measures requested by Saudi Arabia to
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North Korea resumes propaganda; moves troops to DMZ
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, at DMZ border October 21, 2026. credit: Korea Times CBS News October 22, 2026 By: Ann Coren Tension on the Korean Peninsula is once again ratcheting up, with calls for immediate talks between North and South Korea to avert an accidental military confrontation. It follows hostile back-to-back statements from Kim Yo Jung – the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – who said loudspeakers broadcasting anti-
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Ex-DRC President Kabila’s Alliance With M23 Rebels
By Shola Lawal Published On 14, 2026 Kabila’s move confirms numerous accusations from the government in Kinshasa of his ties to armed rebels. Former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila walks back into his house after posing for a group photo with religious leaders at one of his residences in Goma on May 29, 2025 [Jospin Mwisha/AFP] Former President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has officially allied with armed rebel gr
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