- 2d ago
Ethiopia expels six Sudanese consular staff and closes Assosa consulate
Ethiopia gave six Sudanese consular staff 48 hours to leave and closed Sudan's consulate in Assosa. Sudan responded by closing an Ethiopian consulate-general in Gedaref, as the two governments trade accusations over drone attacks and Tigray.
- Oct 31
Dutch coast guard rescues 38 people adrift in rubber boat off Zeeland
A motorless rubber boat carrying 38 people was towed to shore at Cadzand on Saturday, 31 October, among the first cases of its kind in the Netherlands. Two people were detained on suspicion of people smuggling.
- Oct 27
Drone strike on Sudan's Nyala market leaves 102 dead, rights group says
A drone attack on a busy market in Nyala, the South Darfur capital, took place on Monday, 26 October. Witnesses say civilian vendors who sold goods to paramilitary fighters were among the dead.
- Oct 26
Russia widens African recruitment for war in Ukraine, led by Burundi and Zimbabwe
Bloomberg, citing a presentation based on Ukrainian intelligence information, reports that Russia recruited 699 men from Burundi and 530 citizens of Zimbabwe between January and September 2026.
- Oct 23
Hamilton backs F1's Rwanda race and hints he may keep racing to see it
Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday, 22 October, that he wants to race in Rwanda's Grand Prix, planned for the early 2030s near Kigali. Amnesty International has called the deal a "sportswashing prize".
- Oct 22
Geneva Sudan meeting ends without breakthrough as drone strike kills at least 153
Delegations met in Geneva on Wednesday, 21 October, with the army and the RSF absent, and left without new initiatives. A drone strike on an Abyei market followed on Monday, 19 October, with at least 153 dead according to local officials.
- Oct 20
US keeps TPS protections for Ukrainians and Sudanese in place, with no end date
The Department of Homeland Security said Ukrainian and Sudanese holders of temporary protected status keep their protection, even though it was due to expire on Monday, 19 October, and it set no end date for the reprieve.
- Oct 19
Drone strike on Abyei market kills 153 as Sudan's army is blamed
Local officials put the death toll from a drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region at 153. Sudan's army confirmed the strike but denies targeting civilians, and South Sudan has summoned Sudan's ambassador.
- Oct 17
Drone strike on Nyala cattle market kills 30 in Sudan's Darfur
The strike hit a cattle market in Nyala on Friday, 16 October, according to medical sources. The RSF blames the army, which confirms intensified air strikes in the city but says it targets only military objectives.
- Oct 14
World Hunger Index rises for first time in series dating to 2000
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest index value of any world region, and seven of the eight countries with alarming hunger levels are located there. The reports come ahead of World Food Day on 16 October.
- Oct 12
Strike on Sudanese gold mine kills at least 72 miners, rights group blames Egypt
Emergency Lawyers blames Egypt's air force for an airstrike on a gold mining site in northern Sudan. Egypt has not commented, and Sudan's army chief has ordered an investigation.
- Oct 4
Eritrean troops reportedly enter Ethiopia's Tigray region as drones strike near Adigrat
Witnesses and the ACLED monitoring group say Ethiopian drones struck Eritrean forces overnight near Adigrat, after Ethiopia and Eritrea severed diplomatic relations on 1 October.
- Oct 1
Ethiopian troops enter Mekelle as TPLF rebels withdraw to launch guerrilla campaign
Ethiopian federal troops and allied militias took control of the Tigray regional capital of Mekelle after rebel forces withdrew from the city, following ten days of intense fighting across northern Ethiopia.
- Sep 30
Federal troops advance in northern Ethiopia as renewed Tigray fighting kills 52 in Alamata
At least 52 civilians have died in Alamata after clashes resumed between Ethiopian federal forces and a newly formed seven-member rebel alliance across Tigray, Amhara, and Afar.
- Jul 30
Ceuta court expels 12 migrants as tunnel fire reveals subterranean camp and Morocco arrests 10
A Spanish court ordered five-year expulsions for 12 Moroccan nationals following assaults on soldiers, hours after a blaze in sealed military tunnels near the university campus uncovered dozens living underground.
