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1. PSG and Mbappé face off in court over unpaid wage dispute

   The legal dispute between Paris Saint-Germain and Kylian Mbappé escalated on Monday, with both sides making colossal financial demands.

2. What to know about abductions of schoolchildren in Nigeria

   Kidnappers in the past have included the Boko Haram insurgency that carried out the mass abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls over a decade ago, bringing the extremist group to global attention. But groups of bandits are also active.

3. Tanzanian president appoints daughter and son-in-law to cabinet

   Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed her daughter and son-in-law to key government positions.

4. UN seeks to expand presence in Sudan as violence intensifies

   "The UN is a ship that was not built to stay in the harbor," UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said Monday, urging a dramatic expansion of UN presence in Sudan as violence intensifies in Darfur.

5. Nigeria: Families in agony as gunmen abduct 25 schoolgirls, killing a staff member

   Gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, abducting 25 schoolgirls and killing at least one staff member, in a tragic incident that has left communities and families devastated.