Portal:Current events/2021 October 24

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • Clashes between the Somali National Army and Sufi paramilitary group Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a in Galmudug kill at least 30 people and injure more than 100 others. (Reuters)
• 2021 Uganda bombings
  • IS claims responsibility for yesterday's bombing at a bar in Kampala, which killed one person and injured three others. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• The Canadian Coast Guard and local firefighters combat a fire on board the MV Zim Kingston, off Victoria, British Columbia. The fire, which started yesterday, is focused on ten containers as authorities say that the ship itself is not on fire. (The Washington Post)
• Four mountain climbers are killed by an avalanche on the Chimborazo volcano in the Andes in Ecuador. (AFP via RFI)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • Eastern Europe surpasses 20 million cases of COVID-19, with Russia, Ukraine and Romania reporting the most deaths. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Uzbek presidential election
  • Uzbeks head to the polls to elect their president. Analysts say that incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev has his victory for a second term secured as the country struggles with its tourism industry and security issues on the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (Deutsche Welle)
• Guatemala imposes a month-long dawn to dusk curfew on the eastern Izabal Department following two days of protests over a new mining project in the region. (The Washington Post)