In a shocking move, YouTube removes the channel of Sovereign Media, a Nairobi-based independent anti-imperialist media outlet, without prior notice.

French President Emmanuel Macron stages an East Africa tour amid a push to revitalize France's dying influece in the region.

A UN fact-finding mission says militants from the so-called Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out ethnically targeted killings, widespread sexual violence and enforced disappearances during their late-October takeover of El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, is killed in Libya, according to his political team and local media.

Mali and Burkina Faso announce reciprocal travel bans on American citizens in response to a similar measure imposed by the United States.

Somalia formally demands that the Israeli regime rescind its recognition of Somaliland, with Mogadishu describing the move as an unlawful violation.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan amid escalating violence in Darfur and reports of ethnically motivated mass killings by the RSF in the war-torn region.