Africa

UN refugee agency warns severe flooding in South Sudan could affect over 1M people
Conflict, cholera and funding cuts compound crisis, says UNHCR representative in country
UN refugee agency warns severe flooding in South Sudan could affect over 1M people
Conflict, cholera and funding cuts compound crisis, says UNHCR representative in country

Russian, Moroccan top diplomats discuss ties, regional issues
Sergey Lavrov, Nasser Bourita talks focus on strengthening political, trade, economic cooperation

Somalia condemns Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Qatari capital
Mogadishu says attack ‘grave violation’ of international law, threat to global peace

Egypt warns Ethiopia’s Nile dam ‘violates international law’ in letter to UN Security Council
Cairo says it reserves right to take all measures permitted under international law and the UN Charter ‘to defend existential interests of its people’

At least 70 killed in suspected ADF rebels' attack on funeral in eastern DR Congo
‘I haven't been able to count them, but it's more than 70 people at least, what I can say. Mostly killed by bullets,’ eyewitness tells local media

TIMELINE – How Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam project unfolded
Ethiopia and downstream countries, particularly Egypt, have long-standing dispute over Nile water rights dating back decades