Fresh fighting in the eastern DRC
A battle is raging between government forces and M23 rebels in North Kivu province.
Fresh fighting in eastern DRC's North Kivu province as government forces battle to re-take villages occupied by M23 rebels.
Also, a military court in Burkina Faso hands former President Blaise Compaore a life sentence for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara.
Plus, the charity, Doctors without Borders, suspends operations in Cameroon’s South-West Region following the detention its employees.
(Image: A soldier of the Democratic Republic of Congo's armed forces during a security patrol. Credit: Getty Images)
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