[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has called for a win-win partnership between Africa and France built on mutual respect and shared responsibility.

[GroundUp] Roads closed, trucks stranded, thousands of homes waterlogged or damaged

[Daily Trust] A military airstrike on Tumfa market in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State has reportedly killed at least 117 people and injured several others. Residents said the casualties included both bandits and civilians.

Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan reports from Al Karama camp in Al-Damazin, Blue Nile State, southeastern Sudan.

[UN News] Many women in eastern Chad are being forced to give birth in overcrowded clinics with limited medicine, minimal equipment and severe shortages of anesthesia, as a worsening humanitarian crisis overwhelms the country's fragile healthcare system, the UN reproductive health agency, UNFPA, warned on Tuesday.

Rebuttals come after US media report alleges that the CIA has 'directly participated' in deadly anti-cartel operations.

Andriy Yermak is suspected in an alleged $10.5m money-laundering scheme involving a luxury real estate development.

[RFI] The Africa Forward summit, currently under way in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, reflects France's efforts to reposition itself on the continent. An increasing number of French companies are choosing to set up operations in neighbouring Ethiopia - attracted by a market of more than 120 million people, despite a deteriorating security situation.

Russian leader says the nuclear-capable Sarmat missile will enter combat service at the end of the year.

US President Donald Trump has called Cuba ‘a failed nation’, as his administration expands its pressure campaign.

Argentines protest against Milei’s defunding of public universities.

FBI Director Kash Patel and Senator Chris Van Hollen had a heated exchange during a Senate budget hearing.