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‘A Terrible Tragedy’: Uganda Reels From Deadly Terrorist Attack

By Abdi Latif Dahir | The New York Times

When it was all over, the attack on Friday night in Mpondwe, a town near Uganda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, left 37 of the school’s 63 students dead, according to Janet Museveni, the country’s first lady and minister of education and sports.

Mali Counts Votes From Referendum Expected to Pave the Way to Elections

By Tiemoko Diallo and Fadimata Kontao | Reuters (registration required)

Mali started counting votes on Sunday from a constitutional referendum that the ruling military junta and regional powers have said will pave the way to elections and a return to civilian rule.

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African Leaders Set to Meet With Presidents of Ukraine, Russia in Bid to End War

By Jamey Keaten | Associated Press (free)

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Ukraine on Friday as part of a delegation of African leaders and senior officials seeking ways to end Kyiv’s 15-month war with Russia. The African delegation also includes senior officials from Zambia, Senegal, Uganda, Egypt, the Republic of the Congo and the Comoro Islands.

More from WPR: South Africa’s False Neutrality on the Ukraine War Is Getting Costly | Don’t Dismiss Non-Western Efforts to End the War in Ukraine

Brutal Killing of Governor Heralds New Round of Violence in Darfur

By Declan Walsh | The New York Times

The killing of a powerful governor in Darfur, in western Sudan, has heightened worries that fighting between the country’s warring military factions is pushing a region blighted by genocide two decades ago into a new ethnic civil war.

More from WPR: For Civilians in Sudan, Self-Protection Is the Only Option