AU - Africanews

1. Uganda's president urges people to vote in Thursday's general election

   Soldiers have been deployed onto the streets for the polls in a move that has alarmed opposition figures.

2. Prime Minister Takaichi and President Lee share drum session in Tokyo

   Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung surprised everyone by playing drums to K-pop hits after formal talks in Tokyo.

3. Syrians displaced by deadly battles in Aleppo begin returning to the city

   More than 150,000 people fled two Kurdish-held pockets of the city in the five days of fighting that saw almost two dozen people killed.

4. Nigeria to revise inflation reporting after artificial spike expected in December

   The revision is likely to influence market expectations and policy discourse ahead of the next monetary policy decisions by the Central Bank, which closely watches inflation dynamics in setting interest rates.

5. Former Burkinabe minister murdered at her home in Ouagadougou, prosecutor says

   Former Burkinabe minister Yolande Viviane Compaoré has been assassinated at her home in Ouagadougou, the capital’s public prosecutor’s announced on Tuesday.