DRONES HIT EAST CONGO'S BIGGEST CITY, KILLING FRENCH AID WORKER, REBELS AND UN SAY. (PHOTO).

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 Drones hit east Congo's biggest city, killing French aid worker, rebels and UN say Drone strikes hit Goma in east Congo ​on Wednesday, killing at least three people including a French aid worker, the ‌first such attack in the city since AFC/M23 rebels seized it last year, according to the group and the U.N. The AFC/M23 blamed the attack on the Congolese army, saying in a post on X that Kinshasa ​had launched drones against a densely populated urban area in the lakeside city. A senior official for U.N. children's agency UNICEF told Reuters ​that one of its employees, a French national, was killed. French President Emmanuel Macron and Hadja Lahbib, ​European Commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis management, condemned the attack in posts on X, calling for respect for international humanitarian law and saying aid workers must never be targeted. A Reuters ​journalist in Goma reported hearing two loud explosions at around 4 a.m. (0200 GMT). The blasts shook windows and ...

FRESH CHARGES WERE FILED BY NIGERIAN PROSECUTORS AGAINST NNAMDI KANU.

            Nigerian prosecutors have filed fresh charges against Nnamdi Kanu,just days after a court ordered his release.A senior court official told AFP todayh wednesday that fresh charges,including belonging to an unlawful organisation had been slapped against the Biafran campaigner and two others before another Abuja high court.''Kanu and two others are facing fresh charges.They were not in court on tuesday when the case up for hearing''.He further said that the Judge then adjourned to a date to be communicated to both the defendant and prosecution.A court in Abuja last week dropped the case after the prosecution decided to discontinue the trial,but the DSS refused to release him,saying he was under investigation for fresh charges of terrorism and terrorism financing.One more photo below.                                                                                                                                           

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