Author: Daniel Itai

Uganda’s first 109 soldiers have left Mogadishu as the largest troop contributor to the African Union mission exits, weeks before UN logistics support is due to end.

The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games opened in Senegal on Oct. 31, the first Olympic event held in Africa, with Canada’s 28 athletes and a first refugee team among almost 3,000 competitors.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed 5,026 of 10,351 confirmed cases, the second-deadliest on record, and Africa’s top health official urged Canada to do more.

Saudi Arabia suspended travel to and from Kenya on Oct. 30, the day Congo reported more than 5,000 Ebola deaths. Kenya has nine confirmed cases.

Canada’s 28-athlete team heads to Dakar 2026, the first Olympic event held in Africa, with rugby sevens player Adam Burnett and wushu athlete Miranda Wei as flag bearers.

Washington froze the assets of Rwanda’s defence ministry and the Zigama bank, alleging support for M23 rebels in eastern Congo. Rwanda denies it.

Two Ghanaian brothers and a Hawaii woman admitted to a romance scam that cost older victims in the U.S. and Europe more than US$9 million. Canadians report millions in romance fraud losses each year.

Kenya’s rights commission says about 40,000 people have fled fighting between Oromia and Somali regional forces in Ethiopia into the border town of Moyale.

Exit polls after Israel’s Oct. 27 vote put neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc nor Gadi Eisenkot’s at the 61 seats needed, with Arab parties projected to win a record number of seats.

A federal inquiry found 33 detainees, including 14 minors, died of asphyxia in a crowded Niger State cell in September, and called the deaths entirely preventable.