30 March 2012 Last updated at 09:51 ET

Somali Islamists 'lose Deynile airport' near Mogadishu
Al-Shabab recruits walk down a street on 5 March 2012 in Deynile to the west of Mogadishu Deynile gave al-Shabab access to central Mogadishu and the towns of Afgoye and Balad

African Union troops in Somalia say they have seized a key militant area, including a airstrip and hospital, on the outskirts of the capital.

Islamist fighters have launched frequent attacks on Mogadishu from bases in Deynile to the west.

But an al-Shabab spokesman said it was a "failed offensive" and the group still held the area.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17565570

Syrian National Council gains international support, vows to pay rebel fighters
By the CNN Wire Staff
Mon April 2, 2012

(CNN) -- Dozens of international leaders have bolstered support for a Syrian opposition group that is vowing to pay rebel fighters.

The international Friends of the Syrian People group formally recognized the Syrian National Council as a legitimate representative of the Syrian people at a conference in Istanbul on Sunday.

That effectively makes the SNC, which includes many Syrian exiles, the main opposition group with which other nations plan to work.

The 83-member Friends group -- which includes representatives from Turkey, the Arab League, United States, France and the United Kingdom -- declared its "support for legitimate measures taken by the Syrian population to protect themselves" -- but stopped short of agreeing to send weapons to the poorly armed rebels.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/02/world/mea ... ?hpt=hp_t3

Suu Kyi victory could bring Myanmar in from cold
From Paula Hancocks, CNN
Mon April 2, 2012

Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) -- Long-imprisoned Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's political party claimed victory Monday in parliamentary elections in Myanmar, a dramatic development in the southeast Asian country's efforts to end its international isolation.
The National League for Democracy won 40 of the 44 seats that it contested, according to partial results announced by the National Electoral Commission on state television.
The party had claimed earlier Monday it won at least 43 seats -- including Suu Kyi's.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/02/world/asi ... ?hpt=wo_c2

U.N. team heads to Syria to talk about monitoring cease-fire
By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 7:21 AM EDT, Wed April 4, 2012

(CNN) -- A U.N. advance peacekeeping team is headed to Damascus for talks on deploying observers to monitor a cease-fire, a spokesman for special envoy Kofi Annan said.

The team should arrive by Thursday, Ahmad Fawzi said.

But growing reports of violence this week suggest high-level diplomatic efforts and promises by the Syrian government have yet to produce any semblance of a cease-fire.

On Monday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime promised to withdraw its forces from population centers by April 10.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/04/world/mea ... ?hpt=wo_c1

South Sudan says it shot down Sudanese fighter jet as tensions escalate
By the CNN Wire Staff
Thu April 5, 2012

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (CNN) -- In a dangerous escalation of border violence, South Sudan accused rival Sudan of war mongering Wednesday and said it had shot down a fighter jet sent to bomb the oil-rich Pan Akuac region.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/04/world/afr ... ?hpt=wo_c2

Syria witnesses describe 'massacre'
CNN|Added on April 6, 2012CNN's
Ivan Watson reports record numbers of Syrian refugees escaping what they describe as a massacre.
http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=wo_c1#/vi ... fugees.cnn

Deadline passes for Syrian forces to pull out from cities
By the CNN Wire Staff
Tue April 10, 2012
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/10/world/mea ... ?hpt=hp_t1

The United Nations estimates that the violence in Syria has killed at least 9,000 people. The LCC puts the toll at more than 11,000.

China and Russia have to do something miracle before it is getting too late. What do you think Fessso?

11 April 2012
African Union urges South Sudan withdrawal
Sudanese troops and onlookers stand next to a burnt out military vehicle in Sudan's southern oil centre of Heglig after South
The African Union has demanded South Sudan withdraw its troops from the Heglig oilfield, in Sudanese territory.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17680986

13 April 2012
Guinea-Bissau military attack parts of capital

"It's sad that after the example of Senegal, where the elections finished so well, that we have, after Mali, a new forceful intervention in Guinea-Bissau," Mr Duncan told the BBC's Network Africa programme.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17698853

20 April 2012 Last updated at 20:38 ET


The UN Security Council has agreed a draft resolution on sending 300 international monitors to Syria, after considering two versions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17794554
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