AU - Africanews

1. Senegal's Prime minister denounces Morocco's jail term for football fans

   Eighteen Senegalese football supporters were handed sentences ranging from three months to a year for their pitch invasion during the AFCON final.

2. Zelensky and EU leaders honour war dead as Ukraine marks four years

   Ukraine marks four years since Russia’s invasion with a Kyiv memorial as Zelensky and EU leaders honour the dead and vow to keep resisting.

3. Senegal PM pledges to increase penalty for same-sex relations

   Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has pledged to increase the punishment for same-sex relations to up to ten years in prison. The move has been condemned by human rights groups.

4. Kyiv region mourns four years of invasion as battles rage in the east

   Residents in Irpin and Bucha light candles for victims four years after Russia’s invasion, while Zelensky says Moscow has not broken Ukraine and vows a fair peace.

5. Morocco and PSG football star Achraf Hakimi to face trial for rape

   The footballer has denied the allegations made by a young woman in a suburb of the French capital in February 2023.