Sudan, Iran, DRC.

Today's three stories you should know.

Sudan

At least twenty people, including two children, have been killed by an army air raid in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, local activists said. The military was attacking territory held by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia against which it has been fighting a war since April. The RSF controls several neighborhoods in Khartoum and has proven hard to dislodge despite the army pummelling its positions with air raids and artillery strikes. Around 5,000 people have been killed since the conflict erupted, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data project, but that is likely to be a conservative estimate. Some 2.8 million people have fled their homes in the capital.

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Iran

Two female Iranian journalists, Negin Bagheri and Elnaz Mohammadi, have been jailed for a month as part of a three-year partly suspended sentence on charges of “conspiracy” and “collusion.” Their lawyer told the Ham Mihan newspaper, where Mohammadi works, that they would be required to undergo “professional ethics training” and that they are banned from leaving the country. Local reports did not detail the allegations against them. Mohammadi's sister, Elahe, who also works for Ham Mihan, has been in prison since September 2022 for her reporting on the funeral of Mahsa Amini, whose death in police custody sparked massive protests last year.

More from the National here.

DRC

Four people have been killed in an attack on a convoy carrying gold in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Two Chinese nationals and a soldier and a driver from DRC were killed in the ambush on four vehicles belonging to the TSM Mining company in the country’s volatile South Kivu province. China is a major investor in the DRC and dominates the mineral mining industry but there have been persistent tensions and violence between Chinese mining firms and locals.

More from Al Jazeera here.