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Outbreaks of violence continue in Sudan, where a week-long ceasefire is meant to be in place between rival military forces. UN human rights chief, Volker Turk, said he had heard reports of fighting in parts of the capital, Khartoum.

DRC president, Felix Tshisekedi is on his first official visit to Beijing. He is expected to meet Chinese President, Xi Jinping to review and sign several key trade deals.

A lawyer for a Malian Islamist rebel accused of war crimes has told the International Criminal Court that her client was not a key figure in the Ansar Dine rebel group that took over Timbuktu in 2012. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz's lawyer said he tried to maintain order in a chaotic situation.

And the United Nations and The Gambia's Ministry of Health are partnering to provide fistula repair surgery and rehabilitation to women suffering from Obstetric Fistula.

(Picture: Smoke rises above buildings in Khartoum. Credit: AFP via Getty Images)