Sudan remains the most active thread: Sudan has filed UN complaints over one-way drone attacks it says killed or wounded 484 civilians since February, which it links to Ethiopia-linked actors and Sudan-Ethiopia tensions. Displaced residents are returning to war-hit Khartoum amid new hardships, with no casualty figures given. In Nigeria, an ambush in Zamfara state reportedly killed at least eight police officers.
Updated 3 Nov 2026, 12:00 UTC