Sudan: People Who Escaped El Fasher Are Struggling to Survive One Month After RSF Takeover

[MSF] After witnessing the deaths of his wife and daughter in the middle of bombings in El Fasher, Sudan, AM* set out on a gruelling journey towards Tawila, 60 kilometres away, on Monday, 27 October. They spent four agonising days walking on foot, in which he and his remaining family endured torture, beatings, and robbery. Along the way, in the village of Garni, he had to bury his niece, a young girl who had died of exhaustion and hunger. Source

Sudan: MSF Ops Scaled Back in Central Darfur After Fatal Zalingei Hospital Attack

[Dabanga] Zalingei -- International humanitarian medical care NGO Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says it has been compelled to withdraw staff from Zalingei hospital in Central Darfur for the second time this year, following a shooting incident at the hospital last week, which left a Ministry of Health stretcher bearer dead, and four people wounded. Source

Tanzania: Protest and Crackdown in Tanzania

[CFR] A farcical election and brutal state violence make Tanzania the latest example of a government not fit for purpose. Source

Sudan: Sudan Media Forum - 'The Word Will Not Be Silenced... the Truth Will Not Be Buried...'

[Dabanga] The Sudan Media Forum (SMF) coalition of independent media outlets and organisations has expressed its deep concern regarding the fierce campaign waged by the Sudanese authorities and their judicial bodies against a number of journalists, pointing to the exploitation of the law in opening reports with articles whose punishment reaches the death penalty, and placing unarmed journalists in the same category as those who carry weapons, in a blatant attempt to confuse matters and criminalise free speech. Source

Nigeria: Tinubu Declares Security Emergency Across Nigeria - Orders Army, Police to Recruit More Personnel

[Premium Times] Abuja -- "My fellow Nigerians, this is a national emergency, and we are responding by deploying more boots on the ground, especially in security-challenged areas." Source

Sudan: Amnesty International - New Testimony of RSF Killings and Sexual Violence in Darfur From 28 Survivors of El Fasher

[Dabanga] London / El Fasher -- Harrowing new testimonies - some of the first from eyewitnesses who fled El Fasher after the fall of the city - tell of widespread summary executions, sexual violence, kidnapping, and a litany of atrocities and human rights violations, after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of the North Darfur capital following the militia's complete control of the city on 26 October. Source

Africa: Smart Africa Board Approves the Digital Health Blueprint, Paving the Way for a Single Digital Health Market

[35Nord] Smart Africa Board Validates Digital Health Blueprint to Build a Single Digital Health Market - Historic decision on sidelines of Transform Africa Summit 2025 positions digital health as critical infrastructure for saving lives Source

Uganda: Bobi Wine Condemns Police Brutality At Mukono Rally

[Nile Post] National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has accused government security forces of attacking peaceful civilians during his party's rallies in Mukono District. Source

Nigeria: Fresh Abductions in Kwara, Kano Mar Celebration of Kebbi Schoolgirls' Rescue

[Premium Times] Barely 24 hours after the presidency announced the liberation of the 38 Eruku worshippers, crediting the operation to "pressure from DSS and the military," the bandits struck again in the same local government area. Source

Nigeria: Forcing Women to Take Oath to Prove Their Fidelity Is Harmful Practice - Official

[Premium Times] The National Human Rights Commission official raised the alarm against disinheritance of girls and widows, saying that people scrambled for late husbands' and fathers' property, "trying to disinherit their children". Source

South Africa: EFF Says 'No Thanks' to Mk Party Push to Oust KZN Premier

[Scrolla] The Economic Freedom Fighters say they will join the KwaZulu-Natal debate but will not vote on the MK Party motion. The Inkatha Freedom Party and African National Congress work together in KwaZulu-Natal, making the MK Party plan to remove Thami Ntuli unlikely. Source

Nigeria: Katsina Pupils Learn in Collapsed Classrooms Despite Billions Spent On Education

[Premium Times] The state of disrepair at Tsintsiya Primary is more than an isolated infrastructural failure. It reflects systemic neglect Source