Portal:Current events/2025 February 5

February 5, 2025 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War against the Islamic State
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
  - Puntland counter-terrorism operations
    - A deadly battle between the Puntland Security Force and Islamic State results in the killing of 57 foreign militants in Dharin area of Bari Region, Puntland. (Garowe Online)
    - Puntland Maritime Police Force seize a boat carrying illegal military supplies, uniforms and equipment. The vessel was taken captive off the coast of the Qaw district in the Bari Region, Somalia. (The East African)
Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
  - The UNICEF confirms that several children have been killed in Khartoum, Sudan, in the past few days. (UNICEF) (The Peninsula Qatar)
  - The Sudanese Armed Forces announce they have gained more territory around Khartoum as they try to enter the capital city. (APA)
Kivu conflict
- M23 campaign
  - M23 rebels capture Nyabibwe, a town along the road to the South Kivu capital city of Bukavu. The Democratic Republic of the Congo government claims that the unilateral ceasefire declared by M23 earlier was false. (AP)
Somali Civil War
- Jubaland crisis
  - Somali federal government-appointed commissioner of Bardhere District Mohamed Ilyas Caagane is killed after Somali National Army forces are defeated by Jubaland forces in Gedo, Somalia. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)

Arts and culture

Rahim al-Hussaini is named as Aga Khan V and 50th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism, succeeding his late father Prince Karim Aga Khan (Aga Khan IV). (BBC News)

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

Grenfell Tower fire
- United Kingdom Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announces that Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London, will be demolished following a meeting with bereaved relatives and survivors of the 2017 fire. (BBC News)
A fire at an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, Nigeria, kills at least 17 people. (BBC News)

International relations

Israel and the United Nations
- Israel withdraws from the United Nations Human Rights Council, accusing the UN body of "obsessively demonizing" and discriminating against the country. (Ynet News)
Argentina announces that it will withdraw from the World Health Organization citing "deep differences" with the organization's leaders. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Mass deportation of illegal immigrants in the second presidency of Donald Trump
- The first flight carrying "high-threat" deportees from the United States arrives at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The ten deportees are allegedly part of Tren de Aragua, a transnational organized crime group originating from Venezuela recently designated as a terrorist organization by the United States. (The Independent)

Politics and elections