AU - Africanews

1. Tensions escalate as ships attacked in the Strait of Hormuz

   Two vessels were attacked Sunday in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime security agencies said, as Iran pressed a second day of strikes in response to US-Israeli air raids

2. Goma's iconic Amani Festival relocates to Lubumbashi

   Created in 2014, the Amani Festival has become a powerful symbol of peaceful co-existence in eastern part of Congo, where dozens of armed group wreak havoc

3. Belgium seizes Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker

   Belgium's special forces boarded and seized an oil tanker from the "shadow fleet" Russia uses to circumvent Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, in an overnight operation announced Sunday

4. Iran: Life of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

   Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been Iran's spiritual guide and top political authority since 1989, when he succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as supreme leader

5. Kenyan lawmaker among 6 dead in helicopter crash

   The helicopter went down minutes after takeoff and burst into flames in a hilly area of Nandi County in the west of the country, police chief Samuel Mukuusi said, adding all six people on board had died. Among the dead was lawmaker Johana Ng’eno