During today’s meeting in #Doha, we discussed the critical importance of upholding ceasefire commitments, addressing root causes of the conflict, and responding to the urgent humanitarian situation in eastern #DRC.

Southern African #troops have started evacuating the eastern Democratic Republic of #Congo where they had been stranded since a January offensive by the #M23 armed group.

Death toll rises to 26 in Nigerian artisanal mining site attack.

#LAGOS — The death toll from a raid by gunmen on an artisanal gold mining site in northwestern Nigeria has risen to 26, Amnesty International told AFP on Saturday.

The additional victims were villagers who tried to escape during the attack, said Amnesty’s Nigeria’s country director, Isa Sanusi.

Mining union official Yahaya Adamu Gobirawa told AFP that bandits using “heavy guns” had attacked the site in Gobirawar Chali village, in Zamfara State’s Maru local government area on Thursday.

Police did not confirm the attack, saying they were still investigating.

Zamfara is one of several states in northwestern and central Nigeria terrorised by criminal gangs, called bandits by local people.

They raid villages, kill and abduct residents across the country’s rural hinterlands, where government presence, infrastructure, and security are thin.

Gobirawa described the attack as “unprovoked”. The assailants had first raided the site on Tuesday “but were repelled”, he added.

On Thursday, “they returned in much larger numbers and overwhelmed the miners and the vigilantes”, he said.

“The bandits were better armed because they were using heavy guns.”

Last year, the Zamfara state government set up the 5,200-strong Zamfara Community Guards in a bid to keep communities safe.

#Rwanda was not allowed to mention FDLR but to Leave DRC unconditionally.

President Cyril #Ramaphosa said that during his closed discussions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, his counterpart affirmed his readiness to pursue an unconditional ceasefire amid the ongoing conflict with #Russia.

Men posing as women offering ‘relaxing massage’ arrested for robbing client Ksh.280K during session.#Kenya

President Ruto urges new CSs and PSs to focus on service delivery, avoid distractions

#DRC Boulos Refused to Buy FDLR's Cards

Kim Jong Un's powerful sister slammed US-led efforts to take away North Korea's nuclear weapons, saying the idea of denuclearising the country was a "daydream".

Another point of contention between GNU partners – the ANC and DA – is brewing as the DA lobbies the public to object the draft regulations for the private security industry that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has recently published for comment.