Africa

Somalia’s Foreign Minister Abdisalam Abdi Ali demanded an immediate ceasefire, the protection of civilians and the delivery of unconditional humanitarian aid to Gaza.

The talks “included the discussions over finding a mechanism of monitoring the ceasefire, alongside (an) exchange of prisoners and detainees”, the Qatari foreign ministry said.

Uganda is being put forward as a possible location for high-profile detainee Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvador native who has been charged with human smuggling.

President Duma Boko said the military would oversee an emergency distribution drive.

A total of 35 generals and six colonels were summoned over defeat of government troops during fighting with M23 rebels

The Russia-based programme called “Alabuga Start” promises international careers, flights, housing and Russian language classes in the central Russian region of Tatarstan.

Saudi Arabia and Egypt have called for an immediate end to Israel’s war on Gaza, with both nations urging stronger international pressure to secure a ceasefire.

A court in Bamako has referred the dispute over the dissolution of political parties to Mali’s Constitutional Court.

Senegalese authorities have detected a case of mpox in a foreign man who arrived in the West African country last week.

Zimbabwe has brought back a ban on maize imports to boost local farmers, and has grown enough of its own this year to supply its millers, a senior agriculture ministry official said on Monday.