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Africa News Tonight: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) plans to send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help fight rebels in the country's east. The Christian Association of Nigeria says it’s still searching for 20 people abducted by gunmen from a church during a Sunday service. Plus, With no sign of progress at peace talks between Sudan’s warring parties, analysts warn the conflict in Sudan could have grave consequences for the country’s neighbors, as well as for hopes that Sudan can one day have a government led by civilians instead of the military. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: Yesterday was a day of national mourning in the Democratic Republic of Congo.- Local authorities say over 400 bodies have been found and more than 4,300 people are still missing in floods in Kalehe, in South Kivu province, in the east of the country. There are growing concerns that the African Union won’t have the funding necessary to intervene in multiple crises facing the continent in the near future. And, the International Organization for Migration reports the number of people forcibly displaced by fighting in Sudan has more than doubled in just one week. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: The warring military factions in Sudan began talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. Nigerian security forces have rescued 58 people who were abducted by gunmen in central Kogi state, near the capital, Abuja. And, Ugandan security forces have arrested six people accused of building explosive devices. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: Gunmen have shot dead a journalist in the capital of Cameroon's restive Northwest region, Bamenda, the third journalist to be killed in the country this year. The two warring factions fighting for control of Sudan are holding face-to-face talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for the first time since the fighting began on April 15th. And, during a speech, Tunisian President Kais Saied rejected the conditions that come with a potential loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), calling them “dictates.” For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: The United Nations warns millions of people in northeast Nigeria’s conflict-affected states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe do not have enough to eat and many risk dying from starvation without immediate international aid. Mali's military government has lashed out at the Economic Community of West African States’ chairman for calling an April massacre in neighboring Burkina Faso part of a genocide. And, Britain is preparing for the coronation of King Charles the third, due to take place on May 6. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: While King Charles the third 74, has ruled since his mother Queen Elizabeth the Second died in September, he will be crowned tomorrow as monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as well as becoming the largely ceremonial head of the Commonwealth. The World Food Program says it is struggling to get aid to Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and other areas seeing intense fighting and multiple failed cease-fires. And, Kenyan President William Ruto today appointed a commission of inquiry into the deaths of more than 100 people believed to have starved themselves to death under the direction of an alleged cult leader. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: Human Rights Watch is accusing Sudan’s two warring generals of using explosive weapons again and again in urban areas – killing civilians, destroying property and damaging critical infrastructure, which has left residents without access to basic necessities. Two of three humanitarian workers abducted in northeast Nigeria have been found safe a week after being taken. Plus, The South African government’s considering whether to use its army to fight crime, a move security analysts say would be “disastrous.” For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: Heavy fighting was reported today in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, despite the latest cease-fire declarations and appeals from the U.N. for a truce. U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order today that allows sanctions against individuals or groups responsible for threatening security and peace in Sudan, as well as those who undermine a civilian democratic government or commit human rights abuses. Plus, senior members of the South African government have told VOA they’re working hard to make it possible for Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the country, free of concern about being arrested. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: On World Press Freedom Day, Muthoki Mumo, sub-Saharan Africa Representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists talks about physical attacks on journalists, calling them an extreme form of oppression. Police in Zambia have surrounded the home of former President Edgar Lungu and are demanding they search it as part of a corruption probe. And, a top United Nations official is calling on Sudan’s rival military leaders to publicly commit themselves to the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance to millions of people struggling to survive amid escalating fighting. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: As we mark World Press Freedom Day, the chairman of the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate says the ongoing conflict there has exacerbated existing restrictions on media. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the international community to engage with the parties involved in the conflict in Sudan to stop the fighting. And, Rwanda’s state-run broadcaster says heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in the western and northern parts of the country, killing at least 109 people. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!