Portal:Current events/2024 February 24

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Three Mobondo militiamen are arrested in the village of Kulungu, near Kwilu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Actualite)

Disasters and accidents

• Environmental impact of the Red Sea crisis
  • A large oil slick from the Houthi missile-damaged cargo ship Rubymar forms in the Gulf of Aden, threatening to become an environmental disaster. (Times of India)

• In Tanzania, 25 people are killed and 21 more injured on a road linking Arusha to Namanga, after a truck driver lost control of his vehicle causing a collision with three other vehicles. (Barron's)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
  • 2024 South Carolina Republican presidential primary
    • Donald Trump wins the 2024 South Carolina Republican presidential primary. (Fox News) (CNN)
• Nigerien crisis
  • At a summit in Abuja, Nigeria, ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger, but continues to demand the release of deposed president Mohamed Bazoum and his family. (Al Jazeera)