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At least eight killed in shootout during Somalia prison breakout attempt

Three soldiers and five prisoners killed after armed inmates made an attempt to escape, says Somali army spokesperson.

Al Jazeera

Kenya watchdog probes possible police link to bodies dumped in Nairobi landfill

Kenya’s police watchdog has launched an inquiry into possible police involvement in mutilated bodies found dumped in a rubbish tip in the Mukuru slums of Nairobi.

Radio France Internationale

Kenyan police watchdog probes police link to mutilated bodies

The nine bodies with ‘visibile marks of torture’ were found in an abandoned quarry near a police station.

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Terrorism and organized crime rampant in Sahel and spilling into West Africa coastal states, UN says

A U.N. envoy says terrorism and organized crime by violent extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State are a “pervasive threat" in Africa’s volatile Sahel region

The Independent UK

Nigeria School Collapse Kills At Least 16 Students

At least 16 students were killed on Friday when a school in central Nigeria collapsed on pupils taking exams, according to an AFP correspondent.

International Business Times

Rwandan Mother Aims To Prove That Politics Is For All

Her three-month-old daughter swaddled on her back, Jeanne d'Arc Nyiramahirwe is determined to make her voice heard as she runs for a parliamentary seat in Rwanda's elections.

International Business Times

Relax, Starmergeddon hasn’t happened. The grownups are in charge

We can now feel free to get on with our lives without worrying what the halfwits in Westminster might do next

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A truce in Congo ends in a week. Aid groups say it could be a lost opportunity to help civilians

A two-week truce in eastern Congo has heavily reduced fighting, but with a week left aid workers and local civil society groups say not much help has reached millions of people who are trapped in one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises

The Independent UK

Sudan's warring parties arrive in Geneva for UN-hosted talks on possible local cease-fires

U.N. officials say that Sudan’s warring parties have arrived in Geneva at the invitation of the United Nations to discuss the protection of civilians through possible local cease-fires

The Independent UK

Over two thirds of London teachers 'concerned children will experience holiday hunger'

Some 104,000 school children in the capital could be experiencing holiday hunger

Evening Standard

Head of US aid agency says Israel has pledged to improve safety for humanitarian workers in Gaza

The head of the U.S. agency overseeing American humanitarian assistance worldwide says Israel has agreed to use an improved system across the Gaza Strip to ensure humanitarian workers and aid can more safely move around

The Independent UK

US looks to abandon plan to reinstall Gaza pier, says end of the project is coming soon

Official say the U.S. now is considering abandoning efforts to reinstall the pier that has been used to get badly needed humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians

The Independent UK

Paul Kagame has had an iron grip on Rwanda for decades – 6 essential reads on what keeps him in power

There is little doubt that Paul Kagame will win the votes necessary to extend his 24-year rule in Rwanda’s general election on 15 July 2024. The ruling party, the Rwanda Patriotic Front, nominated Kagame as its presidential candidate during a congress in March. He got 99.1% of the vote.

The Conversation

Kenya's Ruto Dismisses Almost Entire Cabinet After Deadly Protests

Kenyan President William Ruto announced on Thursday the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and consultations to form a "broad-based government" following widespread anti-government protests.

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Haitian gangs 'unperturbed' by arrival of international force to subdue them

Authorities highlighted that forces took back the country's main hospital, but a report by the Washington Post shows that residents expect swifter action

The Guardian - UK

‘There will be no surprises’: Kagame set to sweep to fourth term as Rwandan president

Kagame’s opponents are unlikely to mount any serious challenge in next week’s election, say analysts

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Western Governments Criticize South Sudan Security Bill

Criticism surrounds South Sudan's security bill for potential civil liberties violations and impact on upcoming elections.

The Guardian - UK

Labour pressed to end two-child benefit cap with 1.6m youngsters affected

Campaigners say figure is shameful and that Tory policy is single biggest driver of child poverty

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Commercial Goods Trucked Into Gaza After Aid Logjams

As bombs thunder in Gaza, just across the border in southern Israel truck driver Itzik waits in a barbed-wire protected parking lot for his delivery to clear inspection into the hunger-stricken territory.

The Guardian - UK

Millions of lives upended as Sudan’s civil war leads to displacement crisis

Country has largest internally displaced population on record, with 7 million uprooted since fighting began in April 2023

International Business Times

Water Shortages Worsen As Funding Dries Up For Northwest Syria Displaced

Hussein al-Naasan struggles to provide water for his family in the scorching summer, as aid funds have dried up and conditions deteriorated in impoverished displacement camps in Syria's rebel-held northwest.

International Business Times

Paul Kagame: Rwanda's Polarising Strongman

A visionary hero who ended the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and brought peace to a traumatised country, or a despot who rules through fear and repression.

The Independent UK

UN experts: Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan troops are in Congo operating with the M23 rebel group

U.N. experts say that between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwanda government forces are deployed in neighboring eastern Congo, operating alongside the M23 rebel group which has been making major advances

International Business Times

Rwanda Heads To The Polls As Kagame Makes Fourth-term Bid

Rwandans will vote in elections on Monday, with President Paul Kagame widely expected to extend his iron-fisted rule and sweep to victory in a race featuring the same candidates he defeated seven years ago.

Al Jazeera

Has famine arrived in Gaza? UN experts say it has

A group of independent UN experts warn famine has spread throughout Gaza after more than nine months of war.

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