S Sudan mediation efforts stepped up

The CCM mediation for South Sudan’s warring factions to end war in Africa’s youngest nation has started to attract the attention of other players in the region.

Sudan Tribune
S. Africa joins mediation to promote peace in S. Sudan
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
CAPE TOWN, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will represent South Africa in helping find a peaceful solution to the conflict in South Sudan, the Presidency said on Wednesday. Ramaphosa, in his capacity as Special Envoy to South ...
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War Against Child Labour Must Be Stepped Up
AllAfrica.com
In Tanzania, exploitation of child labour has become so commonplace, especially in urban centres, that the average person no longer sees it as a heinous offence. Not many people know that enlisting child labour is a crime. Toiling children are not in cities ...

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Two West African presidents - Senegal's Macky Sall and Boni Yayi of Benin - are going to Burkina Faso for crisis talks with the leaders of Thursday's coup.

Nyasa Times
Lake Nyasa mediation process well underway
Daily News
AS Tanzania waits to meet the panel of mediators over Lake Nyasa border dispute, Malawian President Peter Mutharika has restated that his country will not go into war over the matter. Commenting on the remarks covered by the Malawi press, Head of ...
New Malawi leader stakes lake claimNew Zimbabwe.com
Media reports on Lake Malawi border disputeStarAfrica.com
Mutharika says US-Africa Summit beneficial to MalawiThe Maravi...

The United Nations may finally have an opening to increase its presence in Burundi, after Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza recently engaged in dialogue with the UN.

Coastweek
Deadlock in Malawi and Tanzania on Lake Malawi border mediation talks
Malawi Today
Mediation talks between Malawi and neighbouring Tanzania on the border dispute over Lake Malawi ended in a deadlock last week. Head of the mediating team, former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano is quoted by allafrica.com as having publicly ...
Tanzania: After Two Days, No Agreement Over Lake NiassaAllAfrica.com
Dar firm on border claimDaily News
Tanzania, Malawi fail to reach agreement on border...