The three-day truce came ahead of a pledging conference the U.N. and other nations will organize Monday to raise funds to cover Sudan's humanitarian needs.
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Malian voters were voting on a new draft constitution in a referendum that the country's coup leader says will pave the way toward holding new elections in 2024, but that critics have called a delaying tactic for him to extend his time in power.
The Central African team's hopes were later dashed away after their goalkeeper Dominique Youfeigane was sent off and replaced by Alladum Kolimba who also did not manage to keep the post secure.
Putin reiterated his position that Ukraine and its Western allies had started the conflict long before Russia sent its armed forces over the border in February last year, something they deny.
The rebels fled towards Virunga on the border with Uganda and Rwanda, a globally renowned sanctuary for rare species including mountain gorillas.
After a visit to Ukraine's capital, Kiev, on Friday the delegation of African leaders has arrived in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin.
Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) deploys its troops at the scene of an attack on a school in Mpondwe after militants linked to the Islamic State group hacked and burned 37 students to death in the country's worst such attack in over a decade.
Ahead of Sunday's constitutional referendum, Mali's military junta wants UN's peacekeeping force MINUSMA to leave "without delay".
Tens of thousands of Malians gathered in the capital, Bamako, on Friday to participate in rallies ahead of Sunday's constitutional referendum
The families of victims of pro-Sonko protests in Senegal demand justice after the violence on June 1st resulted in at least 23 deaths
