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Goma, DR Congo African Union mediators on the conflict in the eastern DR Congo arrived on Monday in an M23-controlled area to meet senior officials from the armed group, AFP journalists saw. The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been riven by decades of conflict, with myriad armed groups fighting over its mineral-rich territory, including the M23. The Rwanda-backed anti-governmental group seized further...

Lagos, Nigeria A Nigerian Air Force plane crashed on Monday in the country's southwestern Ondo state, killing all 32 people on board, President Bola Tinubu said. It is one the worst air disasters in recent years in Africa's most populous country. The passenger aircraft was on a "routine mission" from Benin City in southern Nigeria to the economic hub of Lagos when it...

Geneva, Switzerland The UN Human Rights Council on Monday condemned indiscriminate drone strikes and attacks on civilians in Sudan, and slammed outside forces fuelling the conflict with weapons and mercenaries. The United Nations' top rights body decided to extend the mandate of the council's independent international fact-finding mission for Sudan for a further year. The investigation concluded in February that the siege and...

Tehran, Iran Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that negotiations with the United States were "meaningless" and only resulted in renewed attacks, state media reported, with progress on ending the Middle East war stalled for months. "So far, they have attacked us three times after talks, and this shows that they are not seeking dialogue; rather, their goal is to overthrow the...

Sepang, Malaysia Four-time world champion Max Verstappen secured his and Red Bull's first win this year with an imperious drive Sunday in chaotic conditions in a storm-delayed Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia. Nine years after winning the last F1 race at the Sepang International Circuit, the 29-year-old Dutchman came through a wild afternoon of accidents and incidents for his 72nd victory and first...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of a missile which allegedly used artificial intelligence to adjust its trajectory, state media reported on Sunday. The AI technology means the missile is "capable of changing its flight orbit at a low altitude", Kim's powerful sister had said, adding this meant there was "no way to avoid" an attack. It launched...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopian federal forces were in full control of the Tigray rebels' regional capital, a local journalist said Sunday, while Ethiopia's regional rivals gathered in Egypt to discuss the risk of a wider war. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) launched attacks against federal forces on September 23, sparking fears of a return to the devastating civil war of 2020-2022. The...

Khartoum, Sudan Drone attacks on a university dormitory and a centre sheltering displaced families in Sudan's central city of El-Obeid killed at least 10 people this week, a Sudanese rights group and a medical source said on Friday. The attacks came as fighting intensified in North Kordofan, a strategically important region where Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are battling...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE investigators have said the co-pilot of a flydubai flight to Israel this week was planning a "terrorist act" and used the cockpit's emergency axe to attack the captain, but they did not reveal his motive. During the flight on Wednesday, its Indian captain was assaulted by the co-pilot but managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and...

Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Marksons Oboth, has held talks with Lord Krish Raval of the UK House of Lords on parliamentary cooperation, trade and investment between Uganda and the United Kingdom. The meeting in Kampala focused on using relations between the two parliaments to support wider cooperation between the two countries. Oboth said Parliament wants to build closer links with...