Foreign nationals evacuated from South Sudan
Several countries are evacuating their citizens from South Sudan where clashes between troops loyal to the President and the Vice President have left hundreds dead this month. The ceasefire agreed between the two has largely held for a second day. ends intro Military aircraft are being used to get German, Italian, British, Japanese, Indian and […]
Elsewhere in Africa
Elsewhere on the continent, Africa correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has described the gunning down of his former minister Hafsa Mossi as a barbaric assassination. Mossi once worked for the BBC Swahili service. UNESCO says a world heritage site in central Mali that features elaborate pre-Islamic mud houses is in danger of […]