Sudanese President Omar al Bashir on April 12 will visit South Sudan for the first time since that state's secession, following deals reached on oil and border security, al Bashir's spokesman said, Reuters reported April 9.

Sudan will begin shipping South Sudanese oil again by the end of May, AFP reported April 6, citing Sudan's official news agency SUNA.

Four policemen and one opposition activist were killed when members of the Mozambique National Resistance Movement attacked a police command post in Muxungue on April 4, local officials said, AFP reported.

The Economic Community of Central African States has proposed an 18-month transition period for the Central African Republic, Xinhua reported April 4.

South African troops will leave the Central African Republic, because the deal under which they were deployed has become void after the government was ousted, South African President Jacob Zuma said April 4, Al Jazeera reported, citing public broadcaster SABC.

Francois Bozize, the ousted president of the Central African Republic, has said that Chadian special forces led the final operation of the rebellion on March 23-24, helping the Seleka group seize power, the BBC reported April 3.

The Ugandan military suspended its operations in the Central African Republic to find the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels, Xinhua reported April 3.

An explosion hit the headquarters of Dahabshiil bank in Mogadishu on April 2, wounding at least two people, Reuters reported.