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25 students were taken from another boarding school in a neighboring state.
Gunmen also attacked a church where they killed two worshippers and abducted 38 others.
Nigeria's president announced today that all worshippers abducted in the church have been rescued.
Kenya's foreign ministry says more than 200 Kenyans are fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine.
Officials say many were tricked into traveling to Russia with promises of jobs, housing and payments of up to $18,000.
The foreign ministry says they've received distressed messages from a number of men who are either imprisoned in Ukraine or trapped on the front lines and efforts are underway to bring them home.
Kenya's President William Ruto spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky last week, and both men agreed to work together to secure the return of Kenyan nationals.
Ukraine's government estimates that more than 1,400 people from at least three dozen African countries are currently in the country fighting for Russia.
The Rapid Support Forces says it accepted the truce to address the urgent humanitarian consequences of the war and to ensure the urgent delivery of humanitarian assistance to the Sudanese people.
officials have been working with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates on a ceasefire between the RSF and the Sudanese army for months.
It remains unclear if the Sudanese army will agree to the truce.
Senior army officials have said previously they would only agree to a truce that includes RSF fighters withdrawing from civilian areas and giving up their weapons.
The war in Sudan erupted more than two years ago and has killed over 40,000 people, forced at least 14 million from their homes, and caused famine.
A Department of Homeland Security notice says South Sudanese nationals with temporary protected status will lose their legal rights to stay in the country by January.
DHS is giving them 60 days between now and early January to leave or face deportation.
Many South Sudanese nationals with protected status started arriving in the U.S.