A Senegalese court on Monday sentenced opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to a six-month suspended prison sentence. The South Kivu region has been hit by deadly floods.
Five million people are living for the fourth consecutive week barricaded in their homes in Khartoum. Talks on a truce between representatives of the belligerents are stalling in Saudi Arabia. The draft new constitution is controversial in Mali and an opposition platform called for the vote to be rejected.