Top Stories: The United Nations says armed attacks in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria region are still being witnessed. Gunmen have attacked and killed residents and left many others nursing serious injuries. A team of peacekeepers have stepped up patrols in the area to help improve security and assess the human rights situation there. The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Karim Khan discussed with Sudanese officials accelerating steps to hand over those wanted by the court, two senior Sudanese government sources said on Wednesday.The cabinet has already agreed to extradite those wanted by the court, but the decision needs approval in a meeting between the cabinet and the sovereign council, a joint military and civilian body formed to run Sudan's transitional period following the ousting of long-time president Omar al-Bashir, who is among the accused. The leader of an armed group that Ethiopia's government has designated a terrorist organization says his group has struck a military alliance with the Tigray forces who are now pressing toward the capital, as the conflict that erupted in the Tigray region last year spreads into other parts of Africa's second most populous country For more than six decades, the cocoa that Richard Ambassa Mbassiga harvested from his plantation in central Cameroon faithfully paid for everything his family needed. Now he's battling drought. Zambia will hold it’s general elections on Thursday . The polls will take place in a tense political environment and also in the midst of a serious economic crisis as well as the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic. VOA’s Peter Clottey is in Lusaka covering the election. The Zambia Federation of Disability Organizations (ZAFOD) is expressing excitement over the increased number of members to contest in the general election. But the organization, which advocates for the rights of people with disabilities, says it is disappointed with negative comments that sought to undermine the candidacy of their members during the campaign period. Paul Mbewe is the vice president of ZAFOD. He tells VOA's Peter Clottey that members of the group will continue to monitor the elections to ensure the electoral commission fully complies with the court's ruling. Virginia Giuffre, an accuser of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has filed a lawsuit against Britain’s Prince Andrew – alleging that he raped and sexually abused her several times when she was 17 years old; a claim Andrew has consistently denied. The Coronavirus Pandemic fueled an online shopping boom in Nigeria that resulted in E-commerce sales rising to nearly 66 percent, according to business analysts. A54 Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho via Skype, spoke to Paul Orajiaka, CEO of Auldon Toys – a leading manufacturer of African themed toys “unity girl dolls - in perhaps one of the largest and busiest open-air markets in Africa is called Idumota, located on Lagos Island. He says his online sales have boosted his business. When the pandemic paused global travel in 2020, some tour guides moved online to lead livestreamed tours of popular destinations.