People in the last major holdout of the army in the west of Sudan nervously await an assault.
Residents of a slum say the destruction of their homes caught them by surprise and they have nowhere to stay.
South African canoeist Esti Olivier on overcoming physical and mental heath hurdles to reach the Olympics.
The Russians are said to be sharing a wing of Niger's main airport, but not mingling with US troops.
An estimated 250,000 people were killed in Liberia's two civil wars between 1989 and 2003.