Tigray People's Liberation Front spokesman Getachew Reda tells CNN's Becky Anderson that "we have to break the siege" in regards to increasing tension in Ethiopia between armed groups of rebel fighters, including the TPLF, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government.

At least 25 primary school children were killed when their thatched-roof classrooms caught fire in southern Niger on Monday, the council of ministers said in a statement.

At least 25 primary school children were killed when their thatched-roof classrooms caught fire in southern Niger on Monday, the council of ministers said in a statement.