South Sudan accuses Sudan of troops build-up on border
South Sudan accuses Sudan of building up forces along their border, a sign that efforts to set up a buffer zone between the neighbours have made no progress
Humanitarian access to north Mali extremely limited-UN official
Poor security in northern Mali is making it difficult to get food to 500,000 people whose lives and trade links have been disrupted by the insurgency, a senior U.N. official says
Aid agencies face violence and arrests in South Sudan
Country head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says number of incidents hampering the work of aid agencies has jumped almost 50 percent last year
Eritrea's president says no fear of unrest after army mutiny
Last month, Eritrean soldiers backed by tanks took over the information ministry and obliged the director general of state television to appeal for all political prisoners to be freed
Sudan, Darfur rebels sign ceasefire in Qatar-media
News of the agreement follows a recent upsurge in fighting in Darfur where rights groups and the United Nations say 300,000 people may have died since the conflict began in 2003
Sudan, Darfur rebels sign ceasefire deal in Qatar-QNA
Conflict has torn Darfur since rebels took up arms there in 2003, accusing the government of marginalising the region