Chad expels former UN Sudan chief visiting Darfuri refugees
An estimated 300,000 people killed and over 2 million displaced since conflict broke out in Sudan's western Darfur region in 2003.
Acute food shortages meet returnees to South Sudan ?UN
Some 400 South Sudanese return to Africa's newest nation each week from Sudan
Slow start for Libya drive to disband militias
Armed militias constitute a major threat to Libya's stability
Sudan and southern rebels clash in oil border state
The rebels said they had killed nine government troops, but the army denied this
Syrian attack stutters, more Arab monitors ready
A Syrian military assault on a rebel-held town has stalled because of snowstorms and armed resistance, an opposition leader said