Sudan's north and south forces have begun to withdraw from Abyei, an oil rich region sandwiched between them as a highly sought after prize.
Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports on how the disputed region is now a ghost town, despite aid agencies trying to encourage the thousands who fled to return home.
afrol News - Huge diamonds found in DRC : "A Canadian mineral exploration firm, Mexivada Mining Corp, has reported the discovery of two large diamonds in its 100% controlled Malambani Permis de Recherche concession, located near Mayoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mexivada described the first stone as a white, modified octahedron 7.5 milimetres in diameter while the second stone was a shiny 6 milimetre greenish-white coloured dodecahedral diamond. Each of them weighs 0.1 gram"