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24 May 2013 Last updated at 04:50 ET

China 'offers peacekeepers' for MaliFile photo: Niger troops from the African-led International Support Mission to Mali in Mali, 23 January 2013

China has offered soldiers to the new UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, expected to deploy to the West African nation before July, UN officials say.

Sudanese women in the Zam Zam camp for Internally Displaced Persons (22 May 2013)Darfur conflict 'displaces 300,000'

Some 300,000 people have fled fighting in Sudan's Darfur region in the first five months of 2013, the UN's top aid official Valerie Amos warns.

The casket containing the body of late author Chinua Achebe is carried to the funeral service in Ogidi, Nigeria on 23 May 2013Thousands at author Achebe's funeral

Thousands of mourners attend the funeral of renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in his home town of Ogidi in Anambra state.

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