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African leaders open a two-day summit of the African Union as the continent wrestles with coups, conflicts, political crises and regional tensions. Ahead of the gathering in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, AU Commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat voiced alarm at the violence gripping many nations, both in Africa and other parts of the world. IMAGES
Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip continue. This morning, the north of the Palestinian territory was engulfed in thick clouds of smoke as the Israeli army called on Gazans to "temporarily move south of the Wadi Gaza stream to a safer area". IMAGES
Images taken on July 13 shows fighters from the Sudanese army driving military vehicles through the streets of Omdourman as fighting continues between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. IMAGES
Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's special envoy, Ambassador Dafaallah al-Haj, holds a press conference at the Sudan embassy in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa."Definitely we are willing to stop the fighting," he says. SOUNDBITE
Images of a British Royal Air Force military transport aircraft on a runway at Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus as evacuations of foreigners from Sudan continue. IMAGES