Ukraine hopes to convince the US that a ceasefire must be agreed without prior territorial concessions to Russia, while the country’s European allies stress that any deal must bring a “just peace” and ensure Russia does not resume hostilities in future.
Maelfu wamekimbia huku raia wakijikuta tena katikati ya mapigano kati ya M23, jeshi la Congo na washirika wao.
Opposition party Chadema’s deputy chairperson John Heche told reporters that Tanzania witnessed “mass killings of more than 2,000 people and over 5,000 injured in the space of just one week”.
A Rwanda-backed militia late Wednesday seized control of most of the city of Uvira, the last government stronghold in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province.
The RSF, which has been locked in conflict with the regular army since April 2023, said on Monday it had taken control of the strategic area “after the Sudanese army fled”. South Sudan later said the troops had surrendered to them.
The M23’s assault comes less than a year after the anti-government armed group seized control of Goma and Bukavu, two key provincial capitals in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been plagued by conflict for three decades.
Trump took an interest in the war for the first time last week, vowing he would end it after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman urged him to get involved.
CNN reported that bodies of protesters killed during the post-election unrest may have been buried secretly, citing satellite images, doctors’ accounts and video evidence
Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising that ousted her.
“Local sources report that at least 40 civilians were killed and dozens injured yesterday in an attack on a funeral gathering in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan State,” the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said.
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