Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Strikes Off Egypt’s Coast Close to Suez
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck off Egypt’s coast, in accordance with the US Geological Survey, with the epicentre positioned about 36 kilometres northeast of the port metropolis of Suez. The German Analysis Centre for Geosciences measured the quake at magnitude 5.4 and a depth of 10 kilometres. The Egyptian Pink Crescent activated its emergency response plan within the affected governorates. There have been no speedy studies of casualties or harm. Authorities urged residents to keep away from buildings displaying indicators of structural harm. Damaging earthquakes are uncommon in Egypt; the nation skilled its deadliest fashionable quake in 1992, when a magnitude 5.8 earthquake killed greater than 500 individuals in Cairo and displaced hundreds.
Ebola Outbreak in DRC Turns into Largest in Nation’s Historical past
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The World Well being Group (WHO) stated that the Ebola outbreak within the Democratic Republic of Congo has change into the largest within the nation’s historical past, with 3,605 confirmed circumstances and 1,587 deaths recorded. The outbreak is brought on by the Bundibugyo pressure of the virus, and has surpassed the 2018-2020 epidemic when it comes to circumstances. The WHO warned that transmission is accelerating, with a document 567 new circumstances and 296 deaths reported previously week alone, pushed by insecurity, inhabitants displacement and cross-border motion. The outbreak is centred in Ituri province however has unfold to North and South Kivu, the place ongoing battle is complicating response efforts. There’s at present no accepted vaccine or therapy for the Bundibugyo pressure, though candidates are below improvement in the UK and Singapore.
Uganda Unveils Statue of Yonatan Netanyahu to Mark 50 Years Since Entebbe Raid
Uganda has unveiled a statue of Yonatan Netanyahu, the older brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to mark 50 years for the reason that 1976 Entebbe hostage rescue mission during which he was the one Israeli soldier killed. The monument, exterior the previous Entebbe airport terminal, was unveiled by Uganda’s military chief, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who described the operation as a defining second in fashionable historical past. He highlighted the sturdy ties which have since developed between Uganda and Israel. He additionally acknowledged the Ugandan troopers killed throughout the raid, noting they’d served below Idi Amin’s “brutal dictatorship”, which didn’t characterize the Ugandan individuals. The daring rescue freed greater than 100 hostages held by Palestinian and German hijackers, though 4 hostages and no less than 45 Ugandan troopers have been killed throughout and after the operation.
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Meals Shortages and Cholera Deepen Sudan’s Humanitarian Disaster
The Normal Coordination for Displaced Individuals and Refugees in Darfur has warned that elements of Sudan face an imminent famine as poor rainfall, hovering meals costs and conflict-related commerce disruptions depart communities struggling to entry meals. The group stated failed rains have prevented key crops resembling millet and sorghum from germinating. Shortages of seeds, fertiliser and gas, along with highway closures and sieges, have left farmland uncultivated and pushed up the price of fundamental commodities. In the meantime, assist company Plan Worldwide warned that El Obeid in North Kordofan is nearing a humanitarian “catastrophe.” Cholera has unfold amongst round 105,000 displaced individuals amid extreme shortages of meals and clear water. Authorities have launched emergency help for 7,000 displaced households. Humanitarian organisations are calling for elevated worldwide assist to avert a worsening disaster.
Rights Group Sounds Alarm Over Burkina Faso Crackdown
Burkina Faso has been added to human rights group Civicus’s 2026 watchlist following what it describes as a pointy escalation within the navy authorities’s crackdown on civil society, political opposition and impartial voices. Civicus stated authorities have used a restrictive 2025 freedom of affiliation legislation to droop or dissolve greater than 1,100 civil society organisations, whereas additionally focusing on pupil unions, spiritual leaders, journalists and activists who criticise the federal government. The NGO stated the junta, which seized energy in 2022, has additionally dissolved political events, suspended media retailers and curtailed worldwide scrutiny. It warned that Burkina Faso now faces one of many quickest deteriorations of civic area within the Sahel, surpassing neighbouring Mali and Niger within the tempo and depth of repression.
