AU - Africanews

1. United Nations warns the Rohingya crisis has worsened eight years on

   The 25 August marks the anniversary of the start of the Myanmar government's military crackdown that forced them to flee.

2. Annual military music festival gets underway on Moscow's Red Square

   Twenty-seven teams from 10 countries are taking part this year, including from Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, and Zimbabwe.

3. Eswatini government faces court challenge over US deportees

   A group of human rights lawyers and NGOs says the country's acceptance of five third-country deportees is unconstitutional.

4. UK compensates Kenyans effected in 2021 military fire

   A long wait for justice comes to an end in Kenya. The UK government has agreed to pay £2.9 million, or $4 million, in compensation to over 7,000 residents in Laikipia, after a wildfire sparked by a British military exercise devastated the region in 2021.

5. Guinea’s junta suspends three main political parties

   Ahead of a controversial constitutional referendum campaign, Guinea’s military junta moves to suspend three major political parties, including that of former President Alpha Conde, for three months.