Nigeria's Kaduna passes law for tougher penalties for convicted rapists

The governor of northern Nigeria’s state, Nasir el-Rufai, has signed a law providing new penalties for convicted rapists, including castration and the death penalty.

A UN Commission of Inquiry into alleged human rights violations says that despite a new government in Burundi, there has been no progress in improving human rights.

And around 70 armed groups have agreed to a ceasefire in DR Congo's South Kivu province.

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