Vietnam, Sudan, Nigeria

Today's three stories you should know

Vietnam

At least 43 people have been killed in Vietnam as torrential rain, landslides and flooding continue to batter the country’s central region. Rescue crews are working to save people stranded on the roofs of submerged homes, with more than 52,000 houses flooded and almost 62,000 people evacuated from their residences. A suspension bridge on the Da Nhim River in Lam Dong province was swept away and entire blocks in the city of Nha Trang were flooded. Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung ordered regional leaders to mobilize the army and police as weather forecasts show more heavy rains are expected.

More from VnExpress here.

Sudan

The European Union has sanctioned a senior leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group after it unleashed a campaign of ethnically motivated killings in the city of el-Fasher. Abdel-Rahim Hamdan Dagalo is the deputy leader of the group, which has been at war with Sudan’s military rulers for two and a half years, and the brother of its leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti. U.S. President Donald Trump this week said he wants to push for an end to the war after being urged to by Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia is locked in a competition for regional influence with the United Arab Emirates, widely believed to be the main backer of the RSF.

More from AP here.

Nigeria

Gunmen have kidnapped as many as 52 students and staff from a Catholic boarding school in central Nigeria just days after 25 schoolgirls were snatched from a school in the northwest. The gang involved in the second kidnapping is reported to be demanding $69,000 per victim. Nigerian civilians, particularly in the northwest, have been terrorized for years by criminal gangs abducting people for ransom. Army chief Major General Waidi Shaibu has ordered his troops to work “day and night” to locate the 25 schoolgirls.

More from DW here.