Rio Times · Africa Intelligence Brief July 31

—UN Designation A UN mission says Sudan’s RSF committed mass killings and rape as an intentional policy it describes as genocide.

—ICC Breakthrough International Criminal Court investigators can now link specific Darfur atrocities to leadership responsibility.

—Flood Toll At least 24 people have died after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in Ghana and Ivory Coast.

—Morocco Loan The African Development Bank approved a €205 million loan to extend Morocco’s high-speed rail network.