Israel, Lebanon extend ceasefire as Trump says ‘great chance’ for peace deal

Congolese music star Fally Ipupa is marking 20 years in the industry with new albums and major concerts in Paris, celebrating a journey that took him from Kinshasa to becoming one of Africa’s most recognized artists, known for pioneering a modern take on Congolese rumba by blending it with R&B, pop and urban sounds. Clarisse Fortuné reports.

After being quietly deported from the United States, 15 migrants from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru told AFP on Wednesday that they endured a 27-hour flight in handcuffs and shackles before eventually arriving in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a report by Emily Boyle.

The commission of inquiry into electoral violence in Tanzania released its report on Thursday, a document commissioned by President Samia Suluhu, re-elected with 97.66% of the vote, which has been rejected by the opposition but acknowledges that hundreds of demonstrators were killed in the aftermath of the presidential election, as reported by regional correspondent Bastien Renouil.

The woman got stuck waist-deep in a pit latrine in the Australian outback after it gave way.