AU welcomes Tigray call for Ethiopia peace talks

The African Union has welcomed an announcement by Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia that they are willing to take part in peace negotiations.

Uganda has paid the first instalment of war reparations to neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, in line with a ruling from the International Court of Justice.

And in the UK, the late Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin is lying in rest in the Scottish capital city, Edinburgh, before leaving for London on Tuesday. How are the solemn traditions surrounding the monarch’s death, and the accession to the throne of the new King being reported in Africa?