Twelve people have been charged and remanded in custody in Ivory Coast over the killing of a gendarme during unrest surrounding the country’s 2025 presidential election. Prosecutor Oumar Braman Koné announced the charges approximately one year after Second Lieutenant Daniogo Klênon Lacina was shot while conducting a road patrol near Agboville on October 20, 2025. […]

A Tunisian court has sentenced 10 environmental activists over their involvement in a 2020 protest against pollution from a state-owned phosphate processing facility in the southern coastal city of Gabes. Defense lawyer Hamida Chaieb said two of the activists received one-year prison terms, while the remaining eight were handed six-month suspended sentences. Among those receiving […]

Burundi commemorated the 33rd anniversary of former President Melchior Ndadaye’s assassination on October 21, 2026, with political leaders offering contrasting assessments of the country’s progress towards democracy. The anniversary honoured Burundi’s first democratically elected president while renewing discussion about political freedoms, national reconciliation and the legacy of his brief presidency. Ndadaye won a landmark election […]

At least 48 civilians have reportedly been killed in attacks on camps in northeastern Mali’s Ménaka region, with suspected Islamic State-linked fighters blamed for the violence. The attacks took place between Sunday night and Monday morning around Tinabow village and the Tagadayat area, approximately 50 kilometers from Ménaka town. Children and elderly people were among […]

Thirteen people were killed and 34 others injured when a passenger tour bus collided with a heavy truck west of Cairo on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The crash occurred at kilometer 55 on the Cairo–Asyut Western Desert Road, along the stretch heading towards Dahshur Gate. The impact destroyed the front of the bus, scattering seats […]