A senior commander from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) who surrendered last week is to be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he will be placed on trial, said a Ugandan army spokesperson.

Dominic Ongwen, who surrendered to the US military in the Central African Republic last week, is wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity.

Ugandan army spokesperson Paddy Ankunda told Reuters,

Congolese demonstrators protesting the potential extension of the current president’s tenure were violently dispersed by security forces yielding tear gas, on Monday, reports Reuters.

The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila, is allegedly planning a census which, if undertaken, will delay the elections by an extra year.

Opposition leaders called for protests in Kinshasa ahead of a parliamentary debate on the proposed census.

The international community is ignoring the threat of Boko Haram militants, said a Catholic Archbishop in central Nigeria on Monday.

Archbishop of Jos, Ignatius Kaigama said the international community had to show the same spirit and resolve it had done after the attacks in France. 

Archbishop Kaigama told that BBC that the most recent attacks that have left over 2,000 civilians dead, show that the Nigerian government is unable to deal with the Boko Haram militants.

Two suicide bombers attacked a market in north-east Nigeria, in the country’s second consecutive day of attacks on civilians.

A security official told the Agence France Presse, that the bombs appeared to have been remote controlled, as the second bomber appeared to try and run out of the market after the first explosion.

“The second bomber was terrified by the explosion and she tried to dash across the road but she also exploded,” the witness said.

The no group has claimed responsibility, the attacks come amidst an offensive by Boko Haram militants in the region.

A bomb blast in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed at least 16 people and injured 20 on Saturday, reports Reuters.

Maiduguri, the capital of the Borno state has seen several attacks from boko Haram militants, who operate within the north-eastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

The latest attack comes as reports suggest at least 2,000 people were killed in a Boko Haram massacre in the town of Baga last week.

Hundreds of families are being evicted from the Egyptian border with Gaza after the army announced it was doubling the size of the security buffer zone on Thursday.

The existing 500m buffer zone created last November will now expand in size, with authorities announcing they will destroy 1,220 homes.