Portal:Current events/2021 October 25
October 25, 2021 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état attempt, Sudanese transition to democracy
- Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other senior members of the civilian government are detained by the military in a coup d'état. The military also seizes state television and blocks internet access. Thousands gather in Khartoum to protest the coup. (The Guardian)
- Three civilians are killed and 80 more injured as mass protests erupt after the coup. (Al Jazeera)
- Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announces a state of emergency and the dissolution of the Sovereignty Council and the government. (Reuters)
- 2021 Uganda bombings
- An explosion on a bus in Mpigi District, kills one person and injures several others. (Al Jazeera)
- Friday's bombing of a Kampala restaurant is claimed by Islamic State. (Reuters)
- Somali Civil War
- The death toll from the clashes between the Somali National Army and Sufi paramilitary group Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a in Galmudug rise to 120. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2021 United Kingdom fuel supply crisis
- Petrol prices hit a record high of £1.4294 per litre (equivalent to $7.45 per gallon) in the United Kingdom amid fuel shortages. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- In near return to normalcy, operating hours restrictions on bars and restaurants have been lifted in cities across the Greater Tokyo Area and Osaka for the first time in eleven months, which also allowing establishments to resume their alcohol sales at any time during their business hours as the number of COVID-19 cases decreases. (The Asahi Shimbun)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
- The Philippines Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC) approves the administering of a third COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot to health workers slated in the fourth quarter of 2021, while other priority groups may become eligible in 2022. (Rappler)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
- Sri Lanka reopens its primary schools after almost five-month closure due to third wave of the pandemic. (NewsFirst)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
- Romania imposes a nationwide curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for those who have been unvaccinated or unrecovered from COVID-19 and mandatory face masks in all public venues in attempt to curb the spike of COVID-19 cases. It also begins to implement a mandatory green certificate for entering shopping malls, restaurants, public institutions or going to work. (See News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record 37,930 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8.279 million. (Emirates News Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
- Spain surpasses five million cases of COVID-19. (Reuters via National Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
- COVID-19 pandemic in Papua New Guinea
- Prime Minister James Marape pleads for his people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as the situation, fueled by the Delta variant, worsens, with hospitals in Port Moresby and other cities collapsing. Marape states that current death toll standing at above 300 is much higher. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- Foreign relations of Mali
- The Malian interim government gives the ECOWAS representative 72 hours to leave Mali over "actions incompatible with his status", though, it added that it maintains a "willingness to work together with ECOWAS in the transition". (AFP via The Guardian Nigeria)
Law and crime