Portal:Current events/2006 November 26
November 26, 2006 (Sunday)
- Somali Civil War: The Islamic Courts Union that controls much of southern Somalia has dispatched thousands of troops to within 15km of the border with Ethiopia. (Al-Jazeera)
- Chadian Civil War (2005–2010):
- Chad's armed forces have retaken Abéché with no major fighting being reported. (Aljazeera)
- Chadian forces have also claimed to have retaken Biltine, but rebel forces deny these claims. (BBC)
- After earlier reports from The French embassy in Chad saying a large column of rebel vehicles had been spotted heading towards the capital N'Djamena, the embassy now says the progression has stopped. (BBC)
- Peter Hain, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland criticizes "murky murders" associated with Vladimir Putin's regime in Russia following the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)[permanent dead link]
- Sunni and Shia Islamists score big victories in Bahrain's parliamentary elections as results are announced from yesterday's poll (Gulf News)[permanent dead link]. Liberals and the left win no seats in the first round. (Reuters via CNN)
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
- A ceasefire commences between Israeli and Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip. It followed negotiations between the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. (MSNBC)
- Palestinian attacks on Israel continue, despite a ceasefire and subsequent Israeli pullout from Gaza, with militants firing a barrage of Qassam rockets on southern Israeli towns. (AP via Yahoo! News)
- One NATO soldier and 57 insurgents are killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan. (The Boston Globe)
- Fiji crisis of 2005-2006: The Fijian military calls up 1,000 as military commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama states "my intention of removing this government is clear". (AFP via ABC News Australia)
- Ecuadorian election: People in Ecuador go to the polls to choose a new president between Rafael Correa and Álvaro Noboa. Exit polls and unofficial polls indicate a victory for Correa. (BBC News), (Reuters)
- Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi collapses while giving a speech in Tuscany and has to be carried from the podium by his aides. Doctors treating him afterwards blamed a sudden drop in blood pressure. (BBC News)