Sudan’s two warring factions said on Thursday they would prolong a ceasefire agreement by 72 hours, but violence again rocked the capital Khartoum and the western region of Darfur as the US said ceasefire violations were worrying.

An attack on a military detachment in east Burkina Faso on Thursday left 33 soldiers dead and 12 injured, the military-led government said, the latest bout of violence in a country locked in fighting against a jihadist insurgency.

In Rwanda 29 years after the genocide that cost at least 800,000 lives and the psychological toll on those who lived through the bloodshed, continues to weigh heavily. Also we hear from some of the young visionaries in the Seychelles coming up with ways to keep their traditional ways of …

Over 95% of malaria cases and deaths are in sub-saharan Africa.  There’s a world wide push to completely wipe out the disease by 2030. Also two years after Palma in northern Mozambique was captured by extremists and energy giant Tota is thinking about returning to a multi billion dollar gas …

In tonight’s edition: Sudan’s capital Khartoum was still struck with gunfire exchanges before rival generals agreed to accept a three day truce. Meanwhile citizens continue to flock to Sudan’s borders to escape the violence. The U.S postpones its meeting over HIV and AIDS in Uganda over Museveni’s looming anti-LGBT bill. …

In Ivory Coast, support workers head out into rural communities to offer more support to families living with autism. Also we unwrap the mystery of Egypt’s longest serving pharaoh, Ramses the second, as his sarcophagus makes a stop in Paris on its world tour. And Nigerian kids race to learn …

 In Ivory Coast, support workers head out into rural communities to offer more support to families living with autism. Also we unwrap the mystery of Egypt’s longest serving pharaoh, Ramses the second, as his sarcophagus makes a stop in Paris on its world tour. And Nigerian kids race to learn …

Thousands have been displaced by ongoing clashes between soldiers and M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo. Also a new exhibition in Senegal bears witness to the suffering of Gambians during the 22 year rule of former president Yaya Jammeh. And we sample the diversity of Cameroonian cuisine. 

Au moins 33 soldats ont été tués et 12 autre blessés jeudi lors d’une attaque contre un poste militaire à Ougarou, dans l’est du Burkina Faso, a déclaré la junte dans un communiqué, ajoutant que les soldats assiégés étaient parvenus à abattre « au moins 40 terroristes avant l’arrivée de renforts ».

Quelques heures avant l’expiration jeudi à minuit d’un cessez-le-feu de trois jours qui n’a quasiment pas été respecté, l’armée a annoncé avoir approuvé l’extension de la trêve pour 72 heures « suite à une initiative de l’Arabie saoudite et des Etats-Unis ». Par ailleurs, des discussions sont en perspective entre les émissaires …