Gunmen killed more than 160 people in attacks on two villages in western Nigeria, marking the country's deadliest armed assaults this year, according to The Guardian. The attacks occurred on Tuesday in the villages of Woro and Nuku in Kwara state.
According to a local politician, the armed men rounded up residents, bound their hands behind their backs, and shot them. The attacks come as communities in the region reel from repeated acts of violence perpetrated by jihadists and other armed groups. The Nigerian military said last month it had launched an offensive against terrorist elements in Kwara state.
In other news from Nigeria, the death of 26-year-old singer Ifunanya Nwangene, a former contestant on The Voice Nigeria, has highlighted the crisis of preventable fatalities in the country. Nwangene died in a hospital in Abuja after being bitten by a snake in her flat. In a last message to her friends, Nwangene wrote: "Please come." Her death has raised questions about the availability of effective antivenoms.
Meanwhile, in Uganda, opposition leader Bobi Wine remains in hiding nearly three weeks after a disputed election. His whereabouts have been unknown since he fled what he said was a night raid on his home by police and military. Wine's disappearance comes as a high-stakes social media feud with the country's military chief escalates. After the election, Wine alleged mass fraud and called on supporters to protest.
Globally, a new report from Human Rights Watch states that the world is in a democratic recession with almost three-quarters of the global population now living under autocratic rulers – levels not seen since the 1980s. The report cites abuses led by figures like former President Trump amid growing authoritarianism in the US, Russia, and China, threatening the global rules-based order.
In the Palestinian territories, a small number of sick and wounded Palestinians began crossing into Egypt to seek medical treatment after Israel permitted a limited reopening of the Rafah border post. According to Egyptian officials, about 150 people were due to leave the territory on Monday, and 50 to enter it, more than 20 months after Israeli forces closed the crossing. Reuters reported that Israel had permitted 12 Palestinians to re-enter by nightfall.
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