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#nytimes.com. Video: Why Is Violence Flaring Up in Mineral-Rich Congo?. Rebels backed by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rebels, known as M23, say they are protecting ethnic Tutsis, the minority group massacred in a 1994 genocide. Bu

#voanews.com. UN: After taking Goma, M23 rebels head to Congo's Bukavu. Rebels seek more territory in country's mineral-rich east

#voanews.com. Southern African leaders seek meeting with East African leaders over DRC crisis. Local and international observers warn of humanitarian crisis, summary executions and conflict-related rapes

#theguardian.com. Starmer urges Mauritius to ensure deal that protects Chagos Islands from ‘malign influence’. The prime minister has stressed he wants ‘strong protections’ for the UK-US military base on the island chain

#bbc.com. Ghanaian MPs destroy furniture as they clash in parliament after Afenyo-Markin questioning. Police were called to the scene as the lawmakers tussled with each other and damaged property.

#aljazeera.com. Trump insists Jordan and Egypt will take Palestinians from Gaza. “They will do it”. US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his proposal to resettle Palestinians from Gaza.

#theguardian.com. Australia news live: Greens to push for 50c bus and train fares; Victoria police lay charges over ‘Pam the Bird’ graffiti. Follow live

#voanews.com. South African, Rwandan leaders in war of words over DR Congo. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa accuses Rwanda of backing M23 rebels behind escalating crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this week

#bbc.com. South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war. Rwanda says South Africa is in “no position to take on the role of a peacemaker or mediator” in DR Congo.

#aljazeera.com. DRC leader vows ‘vigorous’ response as Rwanda-backed fighters advance. President Felix Tshisekedi blasts the ‘silence and inaction’ of the international community over the M23 offensive.

#economist.com. The fall of Goma heralds more bloodshed in eastern Congo. Rwanda’s reckless invasion raises the risk of a wider war

#economist.com. Ahmed al-Sharaa declares himself president of Syria. But he has given no details of what kind of state he wants to build

#voanews.com. Rwanda's Kagame slams criticism of east Congo offensive as rebels push south. President Paul Kagame says Rwanda was ready for 'confrontation' as he rejected criticism over his backing for M23 rebels who were pushing south in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

#theguardian.com. DRC leader calls for military recruits as Rwandan-backed rebels advance. President Tshisekedi vows ‘a vigorous and coordinated response’ to the M23 group

#theguardian.com. Sir Julius Chan, Papua New Guinea’s last ‘founding father’, dies aged 85. Outpouring of grief after death of Chan, the son of a migrant Chinese father and Indigenous mother, who served as prime minister twice

#theguardian.com. ‘No hope’: wife’s fears for Ugandan opposition leader facing trial for treason. Kizza Besigye, veteran opponent of President Yoweri Museveni, may face death penalty but will not get justice in military court, warns Winnie Byanyima, UNAids chief

#aljazeera.com. Former US Senator Bob Menendez given 11-year prison sentence for bribery. Menendez, once a powerful figure in US foreign policy, was found guilty of selling influence to the Egyptian government.

#aljazeera.com. What are the risks of violence in the eastern DRC spreading regionally?. M23 rebels have taken control of Goma, capital of North Kivu province in eastern DRC.

#aljazeera.com. Egypt, Jordan leaders reject Trump’s suggestion to take in Palestinians. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says ‘displacement of the Palestinian people is an injustice’ after US president repeated call.

#economist.com. Hamas talks a big game but is in chaos. Look beyond the latest bravado and brutality and it is bitterly split

#bbc.com. Goma crisis: DR Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi snubs peace talks in Nairobi. The announcement comes as M23 rebels tightened their control over Goma city, seizing its airport.

#washingtonpost.com. Rwanda-backed rebels seize control of Congo’s Goma after violent clashes. After a lightning offensive, M23 rebels now control Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

#bbc.com. Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla: Jacob Zuma's daughter to face South Africa charges over July 2021 riots. Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is accused of inciting violence in 2021 following the jailing of her father.

#voanews.com. Trump administration freezes foreign development assistance. The Trump administration has ordered a three-month pause on almost all foreign development assistance pending a review to see what fits under his “America First” policy. Aid groups warn that the move w

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