Afghanistan, Sudan, Uganda.

Today's three stories you should know.

Afghanistan

The US military will not punish any military personnel for August’s horrific drone attack that killed an innocent family of 10, including seven children, according to several reports in the US media today. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III approved recommendations from two top commanders not to take any action, the New York Times reported, citing a senior Pentagon official. The US is over the last two decades estimated to have killed thousands of civilians in bombing raids in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Somalia. It rarely acknowledges or investigates such incidents.

More from the New York Times here.

Sudan

They’re certainly determined. Far from the international headlines that accompanied October’s military coup in Sudan, thousands of people continue to protest against it in the streets. Security forces are reported to have fired tear gas at demonstrators gathered near the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum today. Footage circulated on social media appeared to show the protesters throwing the cannisters back. At least 44 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in the protests so far.

More from the New Arab here.

Uganda

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi today said the presence of Uganda troops in DRC to fight a Ugandan rebel group, which is hiding out there, would be temporary. Almost 2,000 Ugandan troops have crossed into neighboring DRC in pursuit of the ADF armed group, which has recently allied with ISIS and launched attacks in Uganda’s capital Kampala. The Ugandan presence is delicate for the Congolese because Ugandan forces were accused of atrocities when they entered DRC during its 1998-2003 civil war.

More from Al Jazeera here.