Africa Briefing, 2 November 2026

Sudan remains the most active thread: Sudan has filed UN complaints over one-way drone strikes it says killed or wounded 484 civilians since February, attributed to Ethiopia-linked actors, while drone attacks on electricity infrastructure continue and the army reports new RSF defections; a Telegram-only claim of further drone shootdowns is unverified. Warnings of worsening famine conditions for displaced people in Sudan also stand. Elsewhere, Reuters, BBC and DW report Uganda has begun withdrawing from Somalia after about two decades, and Al Jazeera reports the UN is ending its Western Sahara peacekeeping mission after US and Russian opposition.

Updated 2 Nov 2026, 21:23 UTC

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