AU - Africanews

1. Volunteers help clean the polluted Jukskei River "prone" to flash floods

   In South Africa’s oldest township, volunteers in wetsuits jump into the thigh-deep water of the polluted Jukskei River to untangle a net that's designed to trap garbage but damaged by heavy rains.

2. United Nations urges immediate release of abducted Nigerian schoolgirls

   More than 20 girls were kidnapped from a school in the town of Maga in the north-western Kebbi State on Monday.

3. INTERPOL operation targets terror and crime in West Africa, dozens arrested

   A major INTERPOL operation in West Africa has resulted in 62 arrests and the seizure of weapons, explosives, drugs, counterfeit medicines, and stolen vehicles.

4. Football: Morocco extend record run of victories in match against Uganda

   It beat them 4-0 in a friendly international in Tangier on Tuesday bringing its successive wins to 18.

5. UN chief calls terrorism in the Sahel a 'growing global threat', urges cooperation

   The Sahel accounts for over half of all global terrorism deaths, according to the Global Terrorism Index.