Russia
“I’m just a horrible skeleton.”
The words of Alexei Navalny as he appeared via video link in a Russian court today, shocking many with his gaunt appearance. The opposition figurehead last week ended a three-week hunger strike. More in this CBS News write-up via Yahoo here.
Chad
I mentioned in a recent newsletter that Chad’s transition after the killing of longtime leader Idriss Deby would not run smoothly, and that has proven to be the case. A transitional military council, led by Deby’s son, has started violently cracking down on protesters opposed to the military takeover. The council has banned protests.
More from Al Jazeera here.
Kenya
Despite protests from international rights groups, the Kenyan government says it wants two of the world’s largest refugee camps closed by June 2022. The Dadaab and Kakuma camps are home to more than 400,000 people, mostly from Somalia and South Sudan. Three generations of people have now been born at Dadaab camp.
More from the Associated Press here.