REUTERS - Russian President Vladimir Putin met Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday in Moscow, RIA news agency reported, without providing any details.

APRNEWS - Sudan has summoned the European Union (EU) envoy in Khartoum in protest against a statement criticising African countries for failing to arrest and surrender Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

APRNEWS - Researchers from half a dozen states in West Africa have joined together in a battle against what one expert calls a root crop “Ebola” a viral disease that could wreck the region’s staple food and condemn millions to hunger.