The United States have declined to state whether an import ban on Burmese goods will be lifted in the future, with an official commenting that the country had more reforming to do.
The Arab League has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, the BBC reports.
After an emergency meeting in Qatar, Arab League foreign ministers called on President Assad to resign rapidly, and offered his family safe passage out of Syria.
As Syria announced their first ever acknowledgement that it possesses chemical weapons, US President Barack Obama has warned the Syrian regime against their deployment.
South Sudan has offered to resume oil production and increase transit fees to Sudan in an attempt to further talks between the two nations.
The deal, proposed at talks being held in Ethiopia, would see South Sudan provide Khartoum $3.245 billion, as well as raising transit fees to $9.10 a barrel for use of a pipeline that crosses through Sudan and $7.26 a barrel for another.
The US has cut military aid to Rwanda, accusing it of destabilising the region by funding the M23 movement in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
The funding of $200,000 will be reallocated to other countries announced the US State Department.
Human rights groups have urged Nepal to bar the promotion of a senior army officer implicated in torture and disappearances during the country’s civil war.
Local media had reported that Colonel Raju Basnet had been recommended for promotion to Brigadier General.
The International Court of Justice has ordered the Senegalese government to commence the trial of Chad’s former president Hissene Habre ‘without delay’ or to extradite him to Belgium to face trial.
Mr Habre denies accusation he committed crimes against humanities during his reign.
Guor Marial, a long distance runner from South Sudan will be competing in the upcoming London Olympics, after the International Olympic Committee granted him permission to compete under the Olympic flag.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sanctioned a law which will impose tighter controls on civil rights groups which receive funding from abroad.
Opposition groups have said that the move continues Putin’s campaign to curb dissent, as the law will force NGOs engaged in “political activity” to register as “foreign agents” with the Ministry of Justice and submit a quarterly report to officials.
The Government of Mali has asked the International Criminal Court in The Hague to investigate possible instances of war crimes and crimes against humanity, after Islamists seized control of the North of the country earlier this year.
In a visit to The Hague, Malian Justice Minister Malick Coulibaly alleged that there were,
Attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Burma are on the increase, warns Amnesty International on Friday.
In continuing communal violence, Rohingyas have become targets for killings, rape and physical abuse although the Burmese government has dismissed the allegations as groundless and biased.
Under the terms of a new constitution document drawn up this week, the Zimbabwe's president will not be able to hold office for more than ten years, declare war or dissolve parliament.
The presidency would be limited to two five-year terms.
The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan held talks this weekend, for the first time since April.
Meeting at an African Union summit in Ethiopia, Sudan's Omar al-Bashir and South Sudan's Salva Kiir discussed the disputed South Kordofan and Blue Nile regions.
