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The stories we checked most recently in Africa and the world. Each one is sourced and labelled confirmed, reported, claimed or unconfirmed, with the time we checked it. Items stay here for seven days.

• ReportedEast Africa and the HornTPLF says it has left Mekelle; government-allied forces in control, sources say

  The TPLF said it had temporarily moved out of the Tigray capital. Reuters, citing three sources, and AP report that government forces and allied militias control the city. We found no official federal statement.

  Checked 4 Oct 2026, 22:35 EAT (19:35 GMT). Sources: Al Jazeera, 4 October 2026 · Reuters, via AOL · AP, via Washington Times. Ethiopia war tracker →

• ClaimedEast Africa and the HornSudan's army says it has retaken al-Mazroub and Sodari

  The army says it won two towns in North Kordofan in a week. Neither claim is independently confirmed. A drone strike on a university dormitory in El Obeid killed five, medics say.

  Checked 4 Oct 2026, 22:35 EAT (19:35 GMT). Sources: Asharq Al-Awsat · Sudan Tribune. Sudan war tracker →

• ConfirmedEast Africa and the HornEgypt, Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia issue the Alamein declaration

  The four leaders rejected unilateral measures on the Nile, backed Sudan's unity and rejected parallel entities, and opposed recognition of Somaliland. The declaration does not name Ethiopia.

  Checked 4 Oct 2026, 22:35 EAT (19:35 GMT). Sources: Alamein declaration, unofficial translation (Eritrea's Ministry of Information) · See News. Ethiopia war tracker →

• ReportedCentral AfricaDR Congo's Ebola response hit by violence and unpaid staff

  Soldiers searching for weapons entered the Kigonze camp near Bunia, thousands fled, and an eight-bed Ebola transit centre there burned. AP quoted a senior UN official as saying soldiers burned the camp. A ruling-party official was beaten to death in Butembo after an Ebola radio appearance, his party says. Africa CDC warns that falling case counts may reflect disrupted surveillance.

  Checked 4 Oct 2026, 13:02 EAT (10:02 GMT). Sources: AP, via ABC News · Al Jazeera · CIDRAP. Read the full report →

• ReportedEast Africa and the HornRuling party wins Galmudug and Hirshabelle votes

  Somalia's electoral commission says President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's party won 67 of 89 Galmudug assembly seats. One outlet reports it also won 78 of 99 in Hirshabelle. The party that won the court case in Galmudug was kept off the ballot.

  Checked 4 Oct 2026, 04:00 EAT (01:00 GMT). Sources: Hiiraan Online · The Somali Digest · FTL Somalia. Read our Galmudug report →

• ConfirmedWest AfricaGuinea-Bissau's junta blocks ex-president Embaló's return

  The military said security conditions are not in place for Umaro Sissoco Embaló to fly home on Sunday. He has called for calm and acknowledged that his return is blocked. A new five-year residency rule could keep him off the 6 December ballot.

  Checked 4 Oct 2026, 03:42 EAT (00:42 GMT). Sources: Africanews · AP via Arab News · Forbes África Lusófona. Read the full report →

• ConfirmedEast Africa and the HornEthiopia cuts ties with Eritrea; Egypt and Ethiopia expel one diplomat each

  Ethiopia closed its embassy in Asmara and expelled 10 Eritrean diplomats, and Eritrea cut all ties. Egypt and Ethiopia then each expelled one diplomat. Egypt hosts Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan's leaders on Sunday.

  Checked 4 Oct 2026, 01:29 EAT (22:29 GMT). Sources: Al Jazeera · Al Arabiya · Daily News Egypt. Ethiopia war tracker →

• ConfirmedUnited StatesTennessee corrections chief resigns after failed execution

  Governor Bill Lee said Commissioner Frank Strada will leave at the end of October. Former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton will lead the independent review. Christa Pike remains unconscious, her lawyers say.

  Checked 4 Oct 2026, 01:29 EAT (22:29 GMT). Sources: ABC News · NewsChannel 9. Read the full report →

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