VIDEO: UN troops on the ground in Mali

Mali urges the UN to send a rapid intervention force to fight Islamist militants in the country, following the killing of peacekeepers in the north.

Nine UN peacekeepers in Mali are killed in an ambush while on patrol in the north-east, the deadliest attack on the force so far, the UN says.

France is to reduce the number of its troops in Mali over the next three months by 60%, the French defence minister says.

Rations for Swedish peacekeepers based in Timbuktu in Mali have been increased after complaints they were going hungry, their spokesman says.

French troops in Mali free five aid workers who were kidnapped in the north of the country by suspected Islamist militants in February.

The Congolese army, with the support of UN troops, launches an offensive against Rwandan rebels blamed for much of the violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The BBC has been given rare access to the army that is allied to the internationally recognised government in Libya.

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The BBC's Alastair Leithead witnesses South Sudanese troops trying to recapture the oil hub of Bentiu from rebels amid heavy gunfire.