Armed conflicts and attacks

Khartoum reports 384 cases of dengue fever which are attributed to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan. (Al Taghyeer)

• https://www.altaghyeer.info/en/2024/04/08/nearly-400-dengue-cases-reported-in-sudans-bahri-city/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Over 100 civilians in South Kordofan are killed after allies of the Rapid Support Forces launch attacks in villages across the state. (Dabanga Sudan)

• https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/sudan-over-100-dead-in-south-kordofan-armed-attacks

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered an invasion of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip with a date "being set" for the ground offensive. (The Telegraph) (NU.nl)

• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/09/israel-hamas-war-latest-news-netanyahu-rafah-offensive-date/
• https://www.nu.nl/midden-oostenconflict/6308325/netanyahu-voert-druk-op-en-zegt-dat-er-een-datum-is-voor-offensief-in-rafah.html

Law and crime

Protesters set fire to government buildings and dozens of vehicles in the Mexican state of Guerrero amid anger over the police killing of a college student in March and the kidnapping of 43 students in 2014. Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda's office in Chilpancingo is ransacked. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/mexico-missing-students-guerrero-protesters-burn-government-office-8561a6ae7f1e8fff28d5fbccdfc416be

Science and technology

A total solar eclipse occurs in North America for the first time since 2017. It is the last total solar eclipse to be visible in the contiguous United States until 2044. (Fox Weather)

• https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/total-solar-eclipse-april-8-2024-us-canada-mexico

Sports

In college basketball, Connecticut repeats as national champions, becoming the first program to do so since the Florida Gators did so in 2006 and 2007. (Patch)

• https://patch.com/connecticut/mansfield/amp/31716984/uconn-mens-basketball-team-wins-back-to-back-national-championships