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By AI Jazeera Staff October 22, 2026 As Sudan’s warring factions escalate deadly unmanned aerial strikes, hundreds of civilians are caught in the crossfire. Credit: Handout/Radio Tamazuj via Reuters In the Imtidad Nasser neighbourhood east of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, residents are grappling with a terrifying new reality of skies filled with drones. “We heard the buzz of drones in the sky, but did not pay attention to it at first,” Ahmed Abdel Hamid, a resident of the area, t

By Hong Kong Free Press October 23, 2026 A cityview of Hong Kong. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Hong Kong authorities have slammed the UK for making “untruthful remarks, slanders and smears” about the city’s affairs in its latest six-monthly report that described the “expanding scope and application” of national security laws in the financial hub. The Hong Kong government said on Friday that it “strongly condemns and firmly rejects” the UK’s report on the city, a former British colon

By Hans Nicholas Jong September 28, 2026 Credit: Afriadi Hikmal / Greenpeace Indonesia’s long-debated Agrarian Reform Regulation Law was approved on Sept. 22. The legislation establishes a framework for resolving agrarian land disputes, restoring land rights and redistributing land, but details of how the law will operate remain unclear. JAKARTA — Indonesia’s parliament has passed a law intended to resolve long-running land conflicts and curb land concentration, but civil soc

By Mathieu Olivier October 22, 2026 After leaving the French gendarmerie for the private sector, Paul Barril, who died on Tuesday, became a notorious figure in Africa, particularly because of his ties to the Rwandan regime responsible for the 1994 genocide. Former gendarmerie captain Paul Barril. (File photo: 22 August 1994) © REUTERS Some placed him among the Affreux, the European mercenaries, mainly French, Belgian and Italian, who operated across Africa from the early 196

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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