Kinshasa estimates that more than 7,000 people have been killed in eastern DRC-Congo since M23 rebels began seizing territory in the centre of the country this year, while the Rwanda-backed rebels claim to be conscripting soldiers who surrendered to their onslaught.
Also, a parallel government run by paramilitaries for Sudan raises the stakes in the country’s brutal civil war. RSF takes the controversial step of signing in Kenya, further inflaming its rivalry with the army.
Finally, Eritrean star Henok Mulubrhan won the first stage of the Tour of Rwanda as the continent’s hardcore cycling community watched the competition, which is seen as a stepping stone to the world road cycling championships, which will be held in Africa for the first time later this year.
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