-The 2004 constitution will be restored within 48 hours, and a national unity government will be formed within 10 days.

The Financial Times has called on the European Union to put in place a “tough sanctions package” on leading members of the Ukranian government, as EU ministers and foreign policy envoy Catherine Ashton are set to meet later today.

“In light of the deteriorating situation, the EU has decided as a matter of urgency on targeted measures against those responsible for violence and use of excessive force.”

The ceasefire in South Sudan has been broken after clashes erupted between rebels and government forces in the city of Malakal.

At least 10 people were killed in the fighting outside a UN compound which is currently sheltering civilians from different ethnic group.

Over 150 people have been reportedly killed in Nigeria this week, after attacks a spate of attacks in the country’s North-East attributed to Islamist organisation Boko Haram.

A former mayor has been handed down a 14 year jail sentence, after being found guilty of aiding genocide in a landmark trial in Germany.

56-year-old Onesphore Rwabukombe was sentenced in a Frankfurt court, after being found guilty of organising a massacre in a church that left as many as 1,200 people dead, during the 1994 genocide.

This is the first time that German courts have sought to tackle suspects accused of taking part in the genocide, that left around 800,000 dead.

“In March, in a few weeks, there will be in Central African Republic several hundred troops coming from several countries in the European Union. "