Africa

The rebels advance comes less than a week after Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, affirmed their commitment to a U.S.-brokered peace deal.

Less than a week after Congo and Rwanda signed a deal in Washington, and less than two months after Cambodia and Thailand signed a ceasefire pact, fighting has surged in both places.

Tens of millions are struggling through violence, blockades and aid shortages that have pushed entire cities into famine.

A group of soldiers appeared on Benin's state TV and announced the removal of the president and all state institutions.

Police are searching for three male suspects in the mass shooting at an unlicensed bar near the South African capital.

Hundreds of civilians were killed throughout the Kordofan states in the last few weeks as intensified fighting shifted from Darfur.

Analysts say U.S. diplomacy paused escalation of fighting in eastern Congo but failed to resolve core issues.

The president also continued his verbal attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., saying the first Somali American elected to Congress "shouldn’t be allowed to be a congresswoman."

The remarks come as ICE plans an operation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area this week, a senior law enforcement official said.

South African police said three men were detained while trying to board a flight to Russia via the United Arab Emirates.

The luxury getaway, which boasts "front-row seats to one of the world's greatest natural wonders," may threaten the migration that visitors come to witness.