Africa News Tonight: Food Aid Reaches Darfur, Botswana Calls for Change in Diamond Certification, DRC Has First Female Prime Minister

The World Food Program reports a convoy of food aid has reached the war-wracked Darfur region for the first time in months. Africa’s leading diamond producer, Botswana, has written to the Group of Seven leading industrial countries seeking to reverse an initiative requiring all producers to send gems to Belgium for certification. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed Judith Suminwa the head of the government, the first female prime minister in the country.