Peru, Gaza, Kenya

Today's three stories you should know

Peru

A Peruvian prosecutor has accused leftist presidential candidate‌ Roberto Sanchez of fraud, local media reported, just hours after electoral officials said he was set to advance to a run-off. The prosecutor called for Sanchez, who would likely contest the run-off against ​conservative rival ⁠Keiko Fujimori, to be jailed for five years ​and four months if convicted, and asked that he be disqualified as a candidate. Sanchez's lawyer rejected the accusations, which are related to falsifying party accounts, media outlet RPP said, adding that a ​judge would decide on May 27 whether he would go ​on trial. The run-off is scheduled for June 7.

More from Reuters here.

Gaza

Israel has drastically stepped up its attacks on Gaza since agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran five weeks ago, carrying out 35 percent more strikes in April than in March, according to conflict monitoring group ACLED. Some 120 people, including eight women and 13 children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Palestinian enclave since the truce between Iran and Israeli-U.S. forces took effect on April 8, local authorities said, in an apparent redirection of Israeli firepower. Israeli strikes and other attacks are estimated to have killed 850 Palestinians in Gaza since an ostensible ceasefire deal last October.

More from Al Jazeera here.

Kenya

Africans must put colonial hang-ups behind them and welcome foreign investment, one of the continent’s richest men told AFP. Nigerian businessman Tony Elumelu made the comments on the sidelines of the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, co-hosted by France and Kenya. France’s colonial past and reputation for meddling in the affairs of its former colonies makes it a controversial partner in Africa, and arrests were made as protesters tried to enter the summit, accusing Paris of neo-colonialism. "We should, to a large extent, let the past be. [French President Emmanuel Macron] was not born 100 years ago, this is a new age. And I commit to his commitment to Africa, and I believe he's sincere," Elumelu said. Separately, Macron faced a backlash after storming onto the stage and interrupting a panel at the summit to demand silence from the audience.

More from AFP via Africa News here.