“Goodbye Raila”, a new documentary from BBC World Service’s award-winning investigative unit, BBC Africa Eye, uncovers new evidence about the events which led to a series of fatal shootings at Nairobi’s Kasarani Stadium during a national farewell to former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Paola Vesco, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO); Amber Deniz, Uppsala University; David Randahl, Swedish Defence University; Johan Brosché, Uppsala University, and Magnus Öberg, Uppsala University Estimates of the number of people directly killed in Sudan’s civil war vary widely, in part because counting casualties in active conflict zones is extremely difficult. In 2025, for instance, […]
Members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front walk along a main road in Mekele, the regional capital of Tigray, on Sept. 23, 2026. AFP via Getty Images Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, Indiana University Four years after a fragile ceasefire ended widespread conflict in Ethiopia, the region is again slipping back into full-out war.
New York, United States of America// — The Senior Ebola Coordinator, Julien Harneis, says that he is deeply concerned following the burning yesterday of an Ebola transit centre in the province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
New York, United States of America// — A health facility has also been damaged, according to the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and other humanitarian agencies.
Rabat, Morocco//-Around 20 African countries on Wednesday launched the signing process for the African Convention on the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration of Child Soldiers at the foreign minister level, during a ceremony chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Mr Nasser Bourita.
Somalia// — Millions of people across Somalia continue to face high levels of hunger, while acute malnutrition among children is set to worsen over the coming months as heavy flooding associated with the anticipated El Niño is expected to worsen the situation from October to December 2026, the Federal Government of Somalia and the United […]
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia/ — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, expresses deep concern over renewed tensions and military escalation in Northern Ethiopia, including the seizure and occupation of the airports of Mekelle, Axum and Shire, the detention of federal personnel by Tigray’s People’s Liberation Front ( TPLF) and the […]
New York, United States of America// — In an update, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said that in the last 21 days, cases of infection fell by approximately 26 per cent in the province of Ituri and by 15 per cent in the province of Haut Uele.
New York, United States of America, September 23, 2026/ — OCHA warns that projected El Niño rains could affect up to 3.4 million people across Somalia.
