Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed at least 30 civilians in a two-day assault on a village in the country's western region of Kordofan, a war monitor said Friday.

More than 1.3 million people who fled the fighting in Sudan have headed home, the United Nations said Friday, pleading for greater international aid to help returnees rebuild shattered lives.

Democratic Republic of Congo's ex-leader Joseph Kabila went on trial in absentia Friday on charges including treason over alleged support for Rwanda-backed militants, an AFP reporter at the court said ...