Africa Security Update Nov 2, 2026: Sudan Complaint, Uganda Exit
Africa Security Nov 2: Sudan takes its Ethiopia drone charges to the UN, Uganda starts leaving Somalia and pirates seize an Iranian boat.
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Africa Security Nov 2: Sudan takes its Ethiopia drone charges to the UN, Uganda starts leaving Somalia and pirates seize an Iranian boat.
Our Africa weekly roundup: Sudan’s war on the power grid, famine warnings, Ethiopia, Congo and Rwanda, Ebola and a UN veto on Western Sahara.
Our Ukraine war weekly roundup: the Oleshky ceasefire, a UN finding on energy strikes, Poland’s Patriot repair hub and long-range strikes.
Africa Security Nov 1: the UN starts closing its Western Sahara mission, Sudan blames Ethiopia for drone strikes and Congo’s Ebola deaths pass 5,000.
Africa Security Oct 31: Kenya says Russia will stop recruiting Kenyans, the UN closes its Somalia mission and Western states press Congo’s warring sides.
Africa war news: a drone strike kills 16 at an Ethiopian camp, Congo presses Russia on Rwandan troops and Sudan’s Blue Nile displacement rises.
Africa war news: US sanctions Rwanda’s Defence Ministry over M23, Sudan blames Ethiopia for drone launches and Ethiopia gets 12 Russian Su-35 jets.
Russia-Uruguay relations: Lavrov meets Uruguay’s foreign minister, trade hits $150 million and Moscow plans a 2027 anniversary, while Uruguay backs Ukraine.
Africa war news: drones hit Sudan’s grid for a third day, nearly 40,000 Ethiopians flee to Kenya and a Nigerian inquiry finds custody deaths preventable.
Cuba news today: the UN votes on the US embargo, Flavio Bolsonaro flies to Miami against a court order and Cuba faces a 2,045 MW shortfall.
Sudan peace talks in Geneva: mediators from 22 countries urged a halt to drone supplies and backed a Quad push for a humanitarian truce.
Africa war news: 31 governments warn Sudan faces famine, at least 60 Orthodox Christians are killed in Oromia and Somalia reports a battle with al-Shabaab.
Africa war news: Algeria orders troops to Niger, RSF drones black out southeastern Sudan and the Taraba raid toll rises to between 48 and 52.
China Taiwan news: North Korea takes a border mine dispute to the UN, Chinese patrols near Taiwan rise and Hegseth heads to Manila for defense talks.
Our Africa weekly roundup: drone strikes in Sudan, US strikes on al-Shabaab, Ethiopia-Eritrea tension and Ebola in Kenya and Nigeria.
Africa war news: over 14,000 flee Ethiopia clashes into Kenya, Mali’s army finds 54 bodies after a massacre and the US strikes al-Shabaab in Somalia.
Africa security: the UN says drones killed 306 in Sudan this month, Khartoum denies an Abyei strike and Tigray fighting flares.
Seoul proposed military talks with Pyongyang to jointly map the Military Demarcation Line after a DMZ mine blast and dozens of North Korean crossings.
Africa security: Sudan’s army retakes two Blue Nile areas and downs a drone from Ethiopia, as Moyale clashes push families into Kenya.
Africa security: the Abyei market drone toll rises to 153 and Nigeria confirms its first Ebola case as Tigray fighting flares.
Seoul will withdraw about half its embassy staff from Kyiv after Ukraine disclosed the transfer of two North Korean POWs it says was to stay confidential.
Africa security: drones hit an Abyei market and Khartoum, Abiy warns Eritrea, and Somalia’s opposition rejects 2027 vote dates.
Africa security: a Darfur drone strike kills displaced farm workers, Puntland and the US weigh a Bosaso base, Eritreans pull back.
Africa security: Somalia loses towns around Baidoa, a Nyala market strike kills 30 and Tigray rejects federal caretaker rule.
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