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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.
in 2011, shortly before a deadly civil war broke out in the country.
The war ended in 2020, but the country is now on the cusp of another civil war, with fighting ongoing since early this year.
The DHS notice acknowledges continued instability in South Sudan, but says there are no serious threats to the safety of those returning.
Officials in Nigeria's Zamfara state say the military jet dropped several bombs on Tugankara community in the Gidangowa district of the state. Scores of people were injured in addition to those killed. A local lawmaker says the strike was targeted at bandits operating in the area. but accidentally hit residents and members of a local vigilante group.
Officials in Nigeria's Zamfara state say the military jet dropped several bombs on Tugankara community in the Gidangowa district of the state. Scores of people were injured in addition to those killed. A local lawmaker says the strike was targeted at bandits operating in the area. but accidentally hit residents and members of a local vigilante group.
A spokesperson for the Nigerian Air Force says it has launched an investigation into the strike. This incident comes barely three weeks after another airstrike killed 10 civilians in the northern state of Sokoto. Riot groups have condemned the Nigerian military for the high rates of civilian casualties resulting from its fight against militant groups. For NPR News, I'm Jewel Bright in Lagos.