Our latest investigation exposes 'one of the worst' atrocities in Darfur's genocide-scarred history. In June, Geneina city in Sudan's Darfur fell to Arab militias, who then proceeded to gun down non-Arab families who ran for their lives. Details below edition.cnn.com/2023/08/16/afr…

Zimbabwe's intelligence services are using an NGO to help President Emmerson Mnangagwa win next week's election, opposition and civic activists say. Forever Associates Zimbabwe is accused of running a vote rigging campaign and sponsoring fake candidates. ft.com/content/b66cae…

At least 1,400 people have starved to death in Ethiopia's Tigray region since food aid was suspended 4 months ago, a local official says. WFP and USAID stopped aid flows after uncovering a "widespread and co-ordinated campaign" to divert food assistance. buff.ly/3E2VrhO

Ethiopia's reconstruction after the Tigray war will cost about $20bn and require help from intl institutions and investors, its finance minister says. Violence in the Oromia region and renewed conflict in Amhara pose new risks to the country, analysts say. buff.ly/3shqTXd

Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to enter the country from Yemen, Human Rights Watch says. The guards have shot people at close range, including women and children, in a pattern that is widespread and systematic. buff.ly/3qxtMTh

Chinese President Xi Jinping unexpectedly skipped a scheduled speech at a key BRICS business forum on Tuesday, forcing his commerce minister to fill in for him. Xi later attended the summit dinner, but no reason was given for missing the speech. buff.ly/3YIEtPn

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office has released a mug shot of former President Donald Trump — CNN

The Brics emerging market bloc has launched the biggest expansion in its history as Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE were invited to join, in a coup for China’s drive to remake the group into a counterweight to the G7. buff.ly/3EdnbAm

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office has abandoned a criminal investigation into the Kazakh mining group ENRC, ending a decade-long corruption inquiry mired in controversy. It also dropped a probe into graft involving Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto. buff.ly/45Jtis4

Zimbabwe police broke up a parallel vote count run by civil society groups, raiding a data centre and arresting dozens. “There can be no clearer sign of the profound panic of the ruling party than this drastic and egregious action,” the opposition said. buff.ly/44pXabJ

Niger’s coup leaders have put the military on “maximum alert” over fears ECOWAS is planning an imminent invasion. The West African bloc dismissed the claims, saying it would “bend backwards” to find a diplomatic solution. buff.ly/3YTtvq9

Donald Trump has turned his Georgia mugshot into a record-breaking fundraising haul, bringing in $7.1m since he was booked Thursday, POLITICO reports. He raised $4.18m on Friday alone, the single-highest 24-hour period of his campaign to date. buff.ly/45oITxb

Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to visit China in October in his first foreign trip since a warrant for his arrest on alleged war crimes was issued by the International Criminal Court, Bloomberg reports. buff.ly/45LomCU

BREAKING: Ali Bongo re-elected as president of Gabon with 64.27 percent of the vote: official results -- AFP News Agency

BREAKING: Gabonese soldiers appeared on television to announce they were cancelling the results of the country's recent election and dissolving "all the institutions of the republic", as AFP News Agency journalists heard gunfire in the capital Libreville.

Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday's election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. buff.ly/47QC1ui

US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has acknowledged that he took three trips last year aboard a private plane owned by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. It’s the first time in years that Thomas has reported receiving hospitality from Crow. buff.ly/3PlF32g

Gabon's army says General Brice Oligui Nguema will be sworn in on Monday as the country's transitional president, while the opposition calls for its candidate to be recognised as the winner of last week's elections. buff.ly/3sFNUD3

Eritrean troops allied with Ethiopia's government "committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity" in Tigray, raping, enslaving and executing civilians for months after the signing of last year's peace deal, Amnesty International says. buff.ly/3R4oidh

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