•International Criminal Court sentences Al Hassan Aziz to 10 years in prison for crimes against humanity committed in Timbuktu

•Nigerians react to President Tinubu’s reqguest for over $2 billion dollars to address external loan deficit

•There are increasing reports of the Asian malaria mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, spreading across Africa.

•And the Conference on solidarity with peoples of the Sahel kicks off in Niamey.