Three civilians were killed in Indonesia’s restive Papua highlands on Monday, according to the Indonesian military, which attributed the attack to the Free Papua Organization (OPM). The military’s regional command said the victims—a married couple and a woman from the Unaukam ethnic group—were shot along the Trans-Papua highway in Yahukimo district. A spokesperson for the OPM’s armed wing later claimed responsibility in a statement circulated online, the military added. Security forces said they were pursuing the assailants and reinforcing patrols to reassure local communities.

In western Kenya, a 32-year-old man was stabbed to death and several others injured on Wednesday during a relief food distribution in Nyando sub-county, Kisumu County. Police reports indicate a dispute among youths escalated into a fight roughly 400 metres from the distribution point. The victim sustained multiple stab wounds to the head, chest and buttocks. Detectives have opened a murder investigation, and local elected officials condemned the killing, calling for stronger security at aid events. Separately, a Nairobi court heard testimony that police officers delayed for 24 minutes before wheeling a critically injured detainee, Albert Ojwang, into a hospital casualty department last June; he was pronounced dead on arrival. The officers face murder charges.

Nigeria recorded the highest number of incidents. In Rivers State, gunmen ambushed and killed a local vigilante commander and three women, including his sister, outside his home in Omoku on Tuesday evening. The state police command confirmed the attack and said an investigation was under way. In Benue State, suspected armed men raided Olahimu village, killing a 15-year-old herder and rustling an unknown number of cattle; a family labourer remained missing. The local government chairman said residents were fleeing their farms. Further north, in Jigawa State, police are investigating the sudden death of a 60-year-old man at a hotel in Dutse. He was found in the company of a 20-year-old woman and collapsed shortly after a meal; officers recovered a suspected sexual enhancement substance. In Kwara State, security forces reported killing four bandits and rescuing two kidnap victims in Kaiama district.

In Ghana’s Ashanti Region, two male patients receiving treatment at Ejisu Government Hospital engaged in a fistfight inside the accident and emergency ward on Monday, damaging computers and other equipment. Hospital staff intervened to separate them; one patient remains under police guard. No fatalities were reported.

All incidents remain under active investigation by local authorities, and provisional casualty figures may be revised as inquiries progress.