A drone strike by the US military is said to have killed a suspected Al-Shabab commander, along with four others, reported the BBC.

US officials could not confirm that the attack was successful, however local residents said that local Al-Shabab leader Sahal Iskudhuq and the others were killed when their convoy was struck by a missile.

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A long awaited peace deal has been agreed by the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, signalling what many hope will be the end to a 40-year-long violent conflict.
 
The deal, which saw initials talks begin in October 2012, will see the creation of an autonomous Muslim region in the south of the country, as well as large shares of revenue generated from the resource rich region given to local authorities. Fighters from the organisation are also expected to merge with Philippine government forces, whilst others are to gradually disarm through a third party.

Women and children are to be allowed to leave the besieged Syrian city of Homs, after negotiators reached their first deal in peace talks in Geneva.

According to the UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, a relief corridor could be opened up as early as Monday, although the government did not conceed to allowing food and other supplies to be allowed in.

Men who are deemed to be 'non-combatants' after government scrutiny will also be allowed to leave.

The three year anniversary of the start of the Egyptian uprising, which overthrew Hosni Mubarak, has seen demonstrations by both supporters and opponents of the current government, backed by the military.

Police attempted to break up the opposition protests, and clashes left at least 29 demonstrators dead.

"The only thing allowed is Sisi revolutionaries," one of the activists, blogger Wael Khalil, told the Associated Press news agency.

Controversy has erupted in the Bosnian town of Visegrad, after Bosnian Serb authorities removed the word ‘genocide’ from a memorial plaque erected in the Eastern town.

The memorial, which read, "to all killed and missing Bosniaks, children, women and men, victims of genocide in Visegrad", was erected in the Straziste Muslim cemetery.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) delayed the trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta today, after receiving a request from the prosecutors to delay the trial by 3 months and a request by Kenyatta’s defence to withdraw the case altogether.

A hearing will be held on the 5th of February by the court to hear recommendations from both sides before reaching a decision on a final date for trial.

A Rwandan man has placed under arrest by Dutch police, after being suspected of participating in the 1994 genocide and now faces a possible extradition to Rwanda.

The man, identified as 84-year-old “Jean Baptiste M”, is alleged to have led a Hutu extremist party in Rwanda, as well as drawing up hit lists of Tutsis to be murdered and supplying guns to militias during the genocide that claimed 800,000 lives.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has called on Burma to investigate reports that 48 Rohingya Muslims were killed in attacks by Buddhists in Rakhine state.

A statement said that the UN had received credible information about the deathsin Du Chee Yar Tan village.

The government and the rebels in South Sudan, who have been involved in deadly clashes over the past month, have agreed to a ceasefire, reported mediators in Addis Ababa.

They said that the rivals are expected to sign the agreement on "cessation of hostilities and the question of the detainees" in the Ethiopian capital.

Conservative estimates suggest that over 30 Rohingya Muslims were killed in the latest episode of ethnic violence in the Burmese state of Rakhine,