'Cautious optimism' over South Sudan talks

President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has been meeting face to face with his one time deputy leader-turned- rival, Riak Machar on home soil in an attempt to kick-start the stalled peace talks.

Humanitarian concerns over the fate of around 200,000 Burundian refugees facing repatriation by the government of Tanzania.

And reports of a disagreement in Zimbabwe between Robert Mugabe's family and the government over his final resting place.

(Image: Riek Machar (L) and Salva Kiir in 2018. Credit: Anadolu Agency)