Former Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir will be handed over to the International Criminal Court, Sudanese Foreign Minister said on Wednesday.

He is suspected of "genocide" and "crimes against humanity" in Darfur.

Ethiopian and Eritrean troops raped hundreds of women and girls in the warring region of Tigray, forcing some victims into sexual slavery and mutilation, according to an Amnesty International report released on Wednesday.

In this edition Donatella Rovera, Head of Crisis Situations at Amnesty International, discusses the details of this report.

In Zambia, the two main presidential candidates end their electoral campaign before the presidential and legislative elections on Thursday.

Outgoing President Edgar Lungu faces his lifelong rival, opponent Hakainde Hichilema, nicknamed "HH".

We draw their portrait in this edition.

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