Africa

The arrival followed a request for help with training, technical support and intelligence-sharing, Nigeria's military said in a statement.

A U.N. report says Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces killed more than 6,000 people in a three-day assault on el-Fasher in Darfur, detailing mass killings and other atrocities.

In Umm Baru, nearly 53% of children ages 6 months to nearly 5 years suffered from acute malnutrition, while 32% of children in Kernoi face the same ordeal.

Nigeria is in the grip of a complex security crisis, with an insurgency by Islamic militants alongside a surge in kidnappings for ransom by gunmen.

The 53-year-old was killed in the town Zintan, 85 miles southwest of the capital, Tripoli, according to two Libyan security officials in western Libya.

Residents of al-Dalanj had been reduced to eating leaves and animal skin, one survivor said.

Senegal's players walked off after Morocco was awarded a penalty, which Brahim Diaz missed, before they returned and won 1-0 in extra time.

The decadeslong dispute over Nile waters escalated in September when Ethiopia launched the $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

Bobi Wine has alleged mass fraud during Thursday's election, held under an internet blackout, and called on supporters to protest.

The South African army was using helicopters to pluck people to safety as they took refuge on rooftops or in trees.

The election is widely seen as a test of the 81-year-old leader's political strength and ability to avoid the kind of unrest that has rocked neighboring states as speculation mounts about his eventual succession.