Africa: All of Africa Today - April 3, 2026

Four young children, aged about two and three, were brutally stabbed to death at a nursery school in Kampala, Uganda. The suspect, identified as Christopher Okello Anyu, was arrested after angry parents attempted to lynch him. Additionally, a Human Rights Watch report revealed that over 1,800 civilians have been killed in Burkina Faso since Ibrahim Traoré seized power, acts that could amount to war crimes. Lastly, Ugandan legal groups are challenging a deportation deal with the U.S., calling the process dehumanizing.