Mali confirms Russian soldiers' deployment in Timbuktu

Mali confirms Russian soldiers' deployment in Timbuktu; Gunmen in Nigeria's Zamfara State kill dozens; UN alleges airstrikes on a refugee camp in Tigray; And we ask UNESCO's new Director, Cameroonian Lazare Eloundou Assomo, what his priorities are for the cultural organisation that curates the World's top heritage sites.

(Photo: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Diop meet for talks at the reception house of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Credit: Russian Foreign Ministry\TASS via Getty Images)