Africa

It’s the biggest diamond found since 1905.

Police said Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, had confessed to killing 42 women, including his wife.

The Rapid Support Forces have been repeatedly accused of massacres, rapes and other gross violations across the country since the war started in April last year.

The World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health emergency Wednesday.

The declaration followed an outbreak of the viral infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighboring countries.

Devastating floods have compounded the world’s largest displacement crisis. More than 10.7 million people have fled their homes since fighting began.

The artifacts include gold pieces and jewelry dating to Egypt’s Late and Ptolemaic periods, and some items could be displayed in museums.

After torrential rains in recent weeks, a chunk of garbage from Kampala’s only landfill site broke off, crushing and burying homes.

“The Rapid Support Forces have raped, gang raped, and forced into marriage countless women and girls,” said the deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch.

The six-decade-old law prohibits same-sex sexual acts, calling them “unnatural carnal knowledge.”

Young children and pregnant women were among the victims of the mudslides in the Kencho Shacha Gozdi district, a local administrator said.