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In Niger, guards ignored the panicked cries for help from 33 detainees who died in a detention cell last month. Reports indicate that 72 people were crowded into a poorly ventilated, 20-square-metre space, where dozens slowly suffocated over 11 hours. The cell may have been cleaned and disinfected before it could be investigated. FRANCE 24's correspondent Sam Olukoya has more.
Reports say Pentagon has drawn up plans for strikes after midterm polls, but analysts question what it could achieve.
Reports claim that the US and Israel have ramped up military drills and planned new strikes in Iran, potentially targeting energy sites, drone facilities and missile arsenals. Details by FRANCE 24's correspondent in Jerusalem, Noga Tarnopolsky.
Reports that Trump aides were paid to advise Bosnian Serb leader ahead of parliamentary election raise alarm.
Reports have emerged that tanker captains are earning $100,000 plus a $50,000 per-trip bonus to transit the strait.
Moscow on Monday downplayed reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague, stressing that post-mortem tests had not detected the disease, while Washington said it was closely monitoring the situation. Reports on Friday that plague had killed a 28-year-old woman named Darya Shipilova, who had been working for the anti-plague institute in Siberia's Irkutsk region, sparked alarm. FRANCE 24's August Hakansson reports.
Reports indicate Ethiopian government forces have made advances against a northern rebel group. Renewed fighting has raised fears the conflict could spill over into the wider region.
Reports are building that Israel rejected a Hamas offer to release all civilian hostages taken on October 7, 2023.
The UN Population Fund also says there has been a "severe escalation" in the number of early and forced marriages.
Authorities in north-central Nigeria are investigating the deaths of 37 people while they were in custody for illegal mining. Officials say the detainees died at a detention facility in Niger state, with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps pointing to a possible disease outbreak. However, some reports suggest overcrowding and poor ventilation may have contributed to the deaths. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent Sam Olukoya.
UEFA is reportedly set to withdraw a threat to boycott FIFA tournaments over a plan to partially privatize football tournaments. The Under-20 Women's World Cup is to be hosted by Poland next month.
