The South African government has pledged it will do everything necessary to ensure that Africans, regardless of their origin, will once more live together in peace with one another.

Interventions by the UN have made it possible for a 10-year-old Congolese girl - who fled her Philippi home with her grandmother when the xenophobic attacks began - to be reunited with her mother in the DRC.

The United Nations refugee agency has interviewed nearly 180 Eritrean and Ethiopian asylum-seekers detained in Egypt to assess their claims for refugee status, and urged the authorities to continue to provide unhindered access to others who are being held.

Life is returning to normal in Guri-Eil in Galgadud region, central Somalia, as thousands of displaced people make their way back to the town after fleeing fighting between Ethiopian forces and insurgents.

More desperate Zimbabweans have been trying to find sanctuary at a foreign embassy. A spokesperson for the United States embassy confirmed that at least 250 victims of politically motivated violence had arrived at their gates seeking help. The official said

Daniel Nduati's phone was ringing when he and his brother, Peter, met me in Dagoretti recently.

The senior United Nations official in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) has visited a key town in south-eastern Chad ahead of the planned deployment of the UN peacekeeping mission known as MINURCAT to the area.