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In tonight’s edition, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they’ve agreed to conditionally withdraw from the strategic Congolese town of Uvira. Also, the Uvira offensive in eastern DRC triggered tens of thousands of people to flee into neighbouring Burundi. And a new report by the World Meteorological Organization found temperatures in North Africa were …

Benin on Tuesday jailed around 30 people, most of whom were soldiers, linked to an attempt to oust President Patrice Talon, legal sources said. The attempted coup was defeated by loyalist army forces with the help of the Nigerian air force and French special forces.

A French court handed ex-rebel leader Roger Lumbala a 30-year jail term on December 15 over complicity in crimes against humanity during the Second Congo War in what activists hailed a « historic » verdict. He was found guilty of being the mastermind of atrocities including rape and torture in the country …

Une trentaine de personnes, majoritairement des militaires, ont été écrouées mardi, après avoir été arrêtées en lien avec la tentative de coup d’État déjouée au Bénin début décembre.

At least 200,000 people have been displaced following a new offensive by the M23 in eastern DR Congo early December. One thousand found refuge in Rwanda. The neighbouring country is also accused of backing the rebel group. FRANCE 24’s correspondent in the region, Juliette Montilly, spoke to some of them.

AFC/M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, on Tuesday agreed to withdraw from the city of Uvira in eastern DRC following a request from US mediators. The group said its withdrawal was a gesture to give the ongoing peace process between Rwanda and DRC a chance to succeed.

Le groupe armé AFC/M23, soutenu par l’armée rwandaise, a déclaré mardi qu’il allait retirer ses forces d’Uvira, ville de l’est de la République démocratique du Congo, à la demande des États-Unis.

In tonight’s edition, 200,000 displaced in the DRC as the M23 rebels eye the mineral-rich southern Congo. Also, ex-Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala was sentenced in France to 30 years in prison over atrocities committed two decades ago during the Second Congo War. And the West African Bloc ECOWAS rejects the …

Au Maroc, au moins 37 personnes sont mortes à la suite d’inondations soudaines, selon un bilan provisoire donné par les autorités marocaines. La ville portuaire, qui se trouve à 300 km au sud de la capitale Rabat, a été touchée par de fortes précipitations qui ont entraîné des torrents d’eau boueuse. …

 A French court on Monday sentenced ex-rebel leader Roger Lumbala to 30 years in jail after finding him guilty of complicity in crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002-2003.