- Aug 28
Niger puts down military mutiny in Niamey with support from Russian Africa Corps
Loyalist troops and Russian Africa Corps forces repelled a mutiny by soldiers targeting Niamey's airport base, state broadcaster, and presidential palace, leading to dozens of arrests as checkpoints remain across the capital.
- Jul 3
Ebola outbreak in Congo kills 438, reaches Kisangani 600 km from epicentre; WHO starts clinical trial
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 438 people out of 1,406 cases, with a newly confirmed case in Kisangani, 600 km from the Ituri epicentre, raising fears of wider spread. The World Health Organization has launched a clinical trial for the rare Bundibugyo strain, for which no vaccine or treatment exists.
- Jun 13
Deadly clashes in Kinshasa after police disperse opposition sit-in against constitutional reform
At least two people died and hundreds were wounded in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital on Friday as security forces broke up a sit-in by the C64 opposition coalition, with one human rights NGO putting the toll at four dead.
