Africa

• Twenty killed in Sierra Leone attack, nearly 2,000 prisoners escape

• Sierra Leone: Calm restored after gunmen attack military barracks, claims president

• Stampede kills 37 during army recruitment drive in Congo's Brazzaville

• African Union and Caribbean nations unite to demand reparations from European countries for slavery

• Sudan fighting destroys strategic Khartoum bridge

• Sudan shelling claims 15 lives in Khartoum as RSF makes advances in Darfur

• Niger military says late night escape bid of President Bazoum thwarted

• Sudan's six-month war still spreading as death toll rises to over 9,000

• Nigeria: Blast at illegal oil refinery kills at least 37, including two pregnant women

• At least nine killed in Zimbabwe gold mine collapse

• Election will be held in Burkina Faso only when...: Junta leader

• Gabon: Ousted president’s wife charged with ‘money laundering’ after corruption action on son

• Watch: Kenyan pastor locks himself up with 3 lions, MP offers paid trip as gift

• VIDEO: At least 35 dead in Benin after massive fire erupts at illegal fuel depot

• Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume talks over controversial Nile dam

• Somalia bombing: Death toll rises to 21 after truck with explosives hit security checkpoint

• IMF approves $300 million loan for war-torn Burkina Faso

• Rwanda's veteran president Paul Kagame to seek re-election in 2024

• Explained | Military-ruled former French colonies forge NATO-style Alliance of Sahel States

• Libya dam collapse: Probe launched into allocation of maintenance funds