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At least 20 children and nine aid workers among dead

Congolese authorities say at least 50 people were killed in weekend attacks in the country's conflict-hit east where government forces are fighting Rwanda-backed rebels

A treason charge and the exclusion of the main opposition draw attention before October polls in Tanzania.

More than 100 people, including 20 children, are now feared dead in Sudan following paramilitary attacks on the besieged Darfur city of El-Fasher and two nearby famine-hit camps, the United Nations said on Saturday.

The RSF and allied militias launched an assault on the Zamzam and Abu Shorouk camps and the city of el-Fasher.

Military leader Brice Oligui Nguema looks to cement his grip on power in national vote.

Authorities in Nigeria have barred radio and TV stations from playing Tell Your Papa – a song critical of President Tinubu and his administration’s economic policies.

Fresh US cuts to food assistance risk worsening already widespread hunger in Afghanistan, according to the World Food Programme, which warned it can support just half the people in need -- and only with half rations.

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Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in the conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course of two months, the U.N. children’s agency said Friday, warning that existing funding gaps meant that hundreds of thousands were deprived of protection

The planned return of former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila from self-imposed exile could shift political dynamics and complicate efforts to resolve escalating violence in the country's east, analysts say.