South Sudan's Vice President hit with US sanctions

The United States is imposing economic sanctions on South Sudan's First Vice President Taban Deng Gai alleging the politician's involvement in the deaths and disappearance of two prominent South Sudanese in 2017. We hear what Mr Deng Gai's spokesperson has to say in regard.

Cameroon has deployed over 700 soldiers to the country’s English speaking regions amidst fears that separatists could disrupt the February 9th legislative and municipal elections. From Yaoundé, the BBC's Killian Ngala reports.

The equivalent of six million football fields worth of rainforest has been wiped from the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2000 and 2010. This is according to government research. What is driving this massive resources exploitation? We ask our correspondent in Kinshasa, Gaius Kowene.

(Photo: Vice President of South Sudan Taban Deng Gai holds a press conference in Khartoum, Sudan. Credit: Ebrahim Hamid/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)