In the programme today:

- Oscar Pistorius will stand trial for murder in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria

- Dozens of protesters storm Libya's interim parliament building in the capital, Tripoli

-The United Nations warns of a looming food crisis in the Central African Republic

In the programme today:
- The UN Security Council is being urged again to refer the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court
- Libyan authorities are being urged to do their utmost to put an end to instability and insecurity in the country
- The African Union says talks between the Sudanese government and SPLM-N rebels will resume this week

In the programme today -

In the programme today
- The European Union to pronounce on financial aid for the Zimbabwean government
- Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has announced a compromise with the country's militia groups
- Egyptian authorities have charged four people with forming a spy ring for Israel

In the programme today:

- CAR militia leaders arrested
- Gunmen kill hundreds in northeast Nigeria
- Obama warns Museveni over anti gay bill

In the programme today:

- Algerians begin three days of national mourning, following one of the country's deadliest air disasters

- The Intergovernmental Agency for Development, IGAD, advises Uganda to start withdrawing its military presence from South Sudan

- The European Union expected to lift most of its remaining sanctions against Zimbabwe this month

In the programme today:

- Peace talks between the government and opposition forces in Syria resume in Geneva
- A weekend of violence and looting in the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui, leaves at least eleven people dead
-Former Congolese rebel leader, Bosco Ntaganda to appear at the International Criminal Court at the Hague in the Netherlands today.

In the programme today:

- France is likely to extend its military mission in Central African Republic

- Survival International launches a worldwide advertising campaign highlighting Botswana's persecution of Africa's last hunting Basarwa people

- Tens of thousands of people in Nigeria are missing out on vital services because of the conflict :The Red Cross

In the programme today:
- A group of soldiers in Central African Republic's capital execute a man they suspected of having been a rebel
- Egyptian Army Chief, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to run for President
- Rwanda's opposition and human rights groups calls on the Rwandan government to stop attacks on exiled opponents

In the programme today:

- Violence claims more lives in the Central Africa Republic

- The UN Security Council calls on Mali's government and rebels to conclude talks as soon as possible

- US President Barack Obama invites Tunisian Prime Minister, Mehdi Jomaa to visit Washington.