Nigeria's northern states face blackout after jihadist vandalism

Also in this edition:

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns Sudan's 18-month war could "ignite regional instability from the Sahel to the Horn of Africa to the Red Sea". He says the Sudanese people are living through "unspeakable atrocities" and that 750,000 of them are facing "catastrophic food insecurity" and famine conditions in North Darfur displacement sites. We hear from Tom Perriello, the US special envoy for Sudan.

Finally, French President Emmanuel Macron gets a standing ovation at the Moroccan parliament during a state visit, after confirming France's decision to back Moroco on Western Sahara.