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1. Company says M23 rebels looted millions of dollars of gold in Congo

   Twangiza Mining says M23 rebels have been occupying its gold concession in South Kivu province since May.

2. Cuban man on hunger strike in Eswatini Prison after US deportation

   A Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security prison, having been held there for more than three months without charge or access to legal counsel under the Trump administration’s third-country program.

3. Ouattara seeks fourth term as Ivorian youth voice frustration through poetry

   “People can barely make ends meet,” Konan said. “You need a lot of luck, or maybe a bit of magic, to live comfortably,”

4. Overcrowded train crash in Eastern Ethiopia kills 14

   An overcrowded train full of merchants collided with a stationary train in a remote part of eastern Ethiopia, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens, a local official said.

5. Fuel tanker explosion kills 31 in Nigeria’s Niger state

   A tanker truck laden with gasoline exploded Tuesday in north-central Nigeria, killing at least 31 people, police said.