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  1. Internally displaced people in South Sudan say there is "no food" in their informal camp as fresh fighting erupts between government and opposition forces in Jonglei state. The conflict has displaced around 280,000 people since December, according to the United Nations.
  2. Thirty-eight lead miners were killed when gas exploded at a pit in central Nigeria's Plateau state, local sources said.
  3. Some musicians and historians in the Democratic Republic of Congo are hard at work trying to preserve the tradition of Congolese rumba, which was added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list five years ago.
  4. Iran temporarily shut the Strait of Hormuz for live-fire drills on Tuesday, a rare show of force that coincided with another round of indirect nuclear negotiations with the United States in Geneva.
  5. As Muslims across the world gear up to celebrate Ramadan, the Misr ElKheir charity foundation in Egypt is getting aid ready for residents living in poverty.