South Sudanese starving

UN children’s agency Unicef warns that a quarter of a million South Sudanese children are at risk of dying if urgent food aid is not delivered to them.

Journalists on trial

Four Moroccan journalists go on trial in Rabat charged with publishing information from a "confidential" parliamentary report.

Gambian president talks

Gambian President Adama Barrow holds press conference in Banjul, nearly a year after he returned to the country following the departure of authoritarian leader Yahya Jammeh.

Touadera meets Pope

Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera meets Pope Francis at the Vatican, before holding a press briefing on his country's peace process.

Ghanaian-born soldier honoured

New York City to name a street after Ghanaian-born soldier Emmanuel Mensah, who died rescuing four people from a burning building.

Gates' appeal for Africa

US billionaire Bill Gates warns that Donald Trump's "America First" position could damage the US' relationship with Africa. He was speaking during the annual World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Switzerland.

New Egypt statue

A famed 3,200-year-old statue of pharaoh Ramses II to be installed at the main entrance of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza after cleaning.