After Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s death, Wagner mercenaries will still operate in the Central African Republic but under direct control of Russia’s Defense Ministry, officials say.

The report cites atrocities by all sides in the war, including mass killings, rape, starvation, and destruction of schools and medical facilities.

The mission is targeting to pull out at least 3,000 more troops by the end of the month, out of the originally 19,626-strong AU force. In the first phase, some 2,000 AU troops drawn from various member states left Somalia in June, handing over six forward operating bases.

Sudan has been rocked by violence since mid-April, when tensions between the country’s military, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, burst into open fighting.

For many Libyans, the collective grief over the more than 11,000 dead has morphed into a rallying cry for national unity in a country blighted by 12 years of conflict and division.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI ordered his government to raise funds and opened the door to more international aid to help with recovery and reconstruction efforts following last Friday’s devastating earthquake.

The lack of early-warning services meant that people were unprepared for Storm Daniel and the toll was much higher, said the World Meteorological Organization.

Ramstein Air Base will be the headquarters of a new Space Force service component for Europe and Africa, according to the Air Force.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI visited earthquake victims in Marrakech as the death toll neared 3,000 people from a disaster that cast a spotlight on his prolonged absences from public life.

“Earthquake lights” are generated by an earthquake’s plate tectonic movement. They can appear as steady glows, balls of light, streamers or sheet lightning, according to USGS.