Talks between South Sudan’s government and rebels have been put on hold until an agenda has been drafted by negotiators and agreed on by both sides.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Fulham striker Dimitar Berbatov is not currently on his wish list for the January transfer window.
The warring parties of South Sudan have opened peace talks with negotiators in Ethiopia, but rival leaders have yet to meet face to face.
Tanzania’s Finance Minister William Mgimwa has died in a Pretoria hospital after undergoing treatment for an unnamed illness, says the SA government.
Judicial sources have revealed that Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Morsi, alongside some Hamas members, will go on trial on January 28.
Fighting erupted in Juba on December 15. Rebels and government have agreed to peace talks, which are set to begin in Ethiopia this week.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni will not rush to approve a controversial anti-gay law, despite pressure from Parliament to sign the Bill.
Gun battles between rival militias in Bangui, the CAR’s capital, has killed at least one person and sent hundreds fleeing to a makeshift camp.
Patrick Karegeya, former head of Rwanda’s external intelligence service, has been found strangled in a hotel in Johannesburg.
Dubai’s six-minute pyrotechnic display, involving more than half a million fireworks, has broken the world record for largest display yet.