Police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi have fired tear gas to disperse protesters demonstrating against what they say is a wave of unexplained abductions of government critics. 

Dozens of Kenyans have been abducted in recent months, according to human rights groups, who blame the extrajudicial arrests on Kenya’s police and intelligence services. 

The Taliban government says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) employing women in Afghanistan. 

In a letter published on X on Sunday night, the country’s Ministry of Economy warned that failure to comply with the latest order would lead to NGOs losing their license to operate in Afghanistan. 

Polls have closed in Chad’s first parliamentary election in 13 years, which the government has presented as a key step towards ending a military rule. Provisional results are expected by January 15 and final results by January 31 in the large, mainly desert Central African nation of 18 million people. 

Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, says holding elections in the war-ravaged country could take as long as four years. 

It is the first time the new Syrian leader has commented on a possible electoral timetable since opposition fighters, led by al-Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad three weeks ago. 

About 473 million, or more than one in six children, are estimated to live in conflict areas worldwide, according to the United Nations Children’s agency. 

UNICEF’s statement came on Saturday as conflicts continue to rage around the world, including in Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine, among other places. 

A Pakistani military court has sentenced 60 civilians to jail time ranging from two to 10 years in connection with attacks on military facilities after the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in 2023. 

The Pakistani military conducted air raids in neighboring Afghanistan, targeting hideouts of the Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, armed group in Paktika province, according to security officials. 

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said Friday that his government would submit legislation to repeal a law by former president Macky Sall granting amnesty for deadly political violence.  

Israeli soldiers have stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital, the last remaining medical facility in the northern Gaza Strip, torching large sections and ordering hundreds of people to leave. 

Hong Kong authorities have placed bounties on six pro-democracy activists accused of harming national security in the latest crackdown to highlight the narrowing space for dissent in the financial hub.