The Russian Ministry of Defence has attempted to dismiss accusations of alleged killings of civilians in the commuter town of Bucha, near Kyiv.

Hungary heads to the polls on Sunday to elect its next prime minister. The choice is between incumbent Victor Orban, who controls the media and seems unharmed despite his close relationship with Russia's Vladimir Putin, or Peter Marki-Zay, a dynamic former marketing manager who has united a mosaique of opposition parties. They all spoke at a final rally on the eve of polling day.

A High-Level Seminar on Maritime Security is being held at the Nigeria Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, Nigeria.

The US has reiterated its call for Russia to be suspended from the UN Human Rights Council - saying Washington "has assessed" that war crimes have been committed in Ukraine.

The President of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, has met with Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi to discuss the status of the fast-tracked development of the Baleine discovery, which will be the first net-zero development in Africa for scope 1 and scope 2 emissions.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “enforce the judgment by the ECOWAS Court of Justice compelling your government to delete the offence of 'insulting or stalking public officials online' from the Cybercrime Act.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Bucha, as more evidence of atrocities near Kyiv continues to emerge.