S Sudan rebels in ‘multiple attacks’

PHOTO: French fire brigade members aid an injured man near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris.
At least 40 people have been killed in multiple attacks in Paris, including one near a stadium where a soccer match was underway and another at a concert hall where a hostage situation is ongoing, French police said.
Fifteen of the victims have been killed at the Bataclan concert hall in eastern Paris, where at least 100 hostages are believed to have been taken.
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo launches an offensive against Rwandan Hutu rebels in the east of the country.

South Sudan's rebel leader says his side is still committed to a peace deal with the government, as both sides accuse each other of breaking a truce.

The United Nations (UN) accuses South Sudanese rebels of violating a ceasefire by launching an offensive to recapture its former headquarters.

South Sudan rebels deny that they were party to a deal to form a power-sharing government within 45 days to end the conflict.

Rebels in South Sudan deny a UN report that they killed hundreds of civilians after taking control of the oil hub, Bentiu, last week.

Former South Sudan Vice-President Riek Machar tells the BBC that rebel forces are under his control and have taken the key oil-producing Unity state.

South Sudanese rebels have taken over the key town of Bor, the military says, as fighting continues after a reported coup attempt.

South Sudan government and rebel forces are both recruiting children as young as 13 to fight in the country’s civil war, a rights group said Monday in a report rejected by the government.