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The operation took place overnight on Friday in the heartland desert area of Adrar, a security official said on condition of anonymity.

Luca Attanasio, Italy's former ambassador to the DRC, was among three people killed on February 22, 2021, when a UN convoy was ambushed in the country's troubled east.

Chasiv Yar was a town of about 13,000 people before Russia's invasion. As in many places being shelled near the front line, almost all the inhabitants have left.

Seventeen migrants were saved and a search was underway for the missing after the early-morning attempted rescue in Libya's search-and-rescue zone, the coastguard said.

The Public Protector said it has notified implicated parties of the preliminary findings of its probe over the theft of a cash haul from Ramaphosa's luxury farmhouse -- something the president is accused of having attempted to conceal.

The aid mission is the first in an airlift announced last Saturday by the European Union to help the beleaguered city.

Cervical cancer is a notorious "silent killer" of women, but especially so in poor countries that lack affordable treatment and diagnostics.

The white supremacist died more than 120 years ago in South Africa aged 48 after carving out swathes of territory for the British empire.

The bill comes as conspiracy theories accusing shadowy international forces of promoting homosexuality gain traction on social media in conservative Uganda.

The drama occurred off the coast of Tunisia's Sfax region, where a spokesman for the court in charge of the investigation said the dead were from two sunken migrant boats.

In July, the Democratic Republic of Congo opened bidding for 27 oil blocks, arguing that exploiting its fossil resources was an economic imperative for the impoverished central African country.

NATO has warned Bakhmut could fall to the Russians within days. Russian mercenary group Wagner claims to control the town's eastern side, but Kyiv has ordered Ukrainian troops to bolster defences.

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year saw Ukraine's Black Sea ports blocked by warships until a deal signed in July allowed for the safe passage of exports of critical grain supplies.

Police have not given a death toll, but multiple local media outlets reported that the shooting had left seven dead and eight seriously injured.

The ferry, on an overnight trip from the capital Libreville to the city of Port-Gentil, reported "water intrusion" between 3:00 am (0200 GMT) and 4:00 am , the vessel's owner, Royal Cost Marine, said on Facebook.

The ADF, which the Islamic State group claims as its central African affiliate, is one of the deadliest armed militias in eastern Congo, accused of slaughtering thousands of civilians.

For young Senegalese entrepreneurs keen on cleaning up their country and turning a profit in the process, enthusiasm is not lacking -- but technology, funding and public awareness are.

Under the UN, the IOM collaborates with the refugee agency UNHCR to provide life-saving assistance to migrants in official detention centres.

Since the start of Russia's invasion more than a year ago, many women have volunteered with non-governmental organisations to help wounded soldiers.

With President Muhammadu Buhari stepping down in May after two terms, many Nigerians hoped a clean, transparent vote would usher in a leader capable of tackling growing insecurity and deepening poverty in Africa's most populous nation.

Rights groups and the United Nations said the legislation would make Britain itself an international outlaw under European and UN conventions on asylum.

Kiuna said their first prosthetic arm, custom-made for the neighbour, had "helped him operate around the house on his own".

The jihadists stormed the base at Janay Abdale, located around 60 kilometres (40 miles) outside the port town of Kismayo.

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, daughter Sonia, 25, and a doctor, Obinna Obeta, 50, are accused of conspiring to exploit the man for his body part.

The fighting continued on Tuesday, with the rebels seizing new villages, despite a ceasefire brokered by Angola last week that was due to start at noon.

Growth in Africa's most industrialised country was weighed down in the final quarter by unprecedented levels of power outages.

The breakdown, which appeared fixed in less than an hour, comes as the Elon Musk-owned social media giant was trying hard to stabilize after several rounds of layoffs saw more than two thirds of staff let go.

Lesotho's deputy prime minister Nthomeng Majara was among leaders to call for an "urgent" rescheduling or writing off debt.

Hundreds of migrants have flown home from Tunisia, fearful of a wave of violence since the president's remarks.