Sudan to treat southerners as foreigners from April (Reuters)
Reuters - Sudan will treat South Sudanese as foreigners from April, state media said Thursday, adding to uncertainty over the fate of 700,000 southerners living in the north six months after independence.

Congo presidential coalition leads parliament race (AP)
AP - Two months after voters went to polls in a chaotic election, the electoral commission announced Friday that parties supporting Congo's president won two-thirds of legislative seats. The commission also indefinitely postponed provincial elections that were scheduled for March.

Ethiopia: Journalists, politicians get jail time (AP)
AP - An Ethiopian judge on Thursday handed down prison sentences ranging from 14 years to life to three journalists and two politicians.

MSF quits prisons in Libya city over "torture" (Reuters)
Reuters - Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has halted its work in detention centers in a Libyan city because it said its medical staff were being asked to patch up detainees mid-way through torture sessions so they could go back for more abuse.

Nigeria sect leader threatens new attacks (AP)
AP - The leader of a radical Islamist sect launching increasingly bloody attacks in Nigeria has rejected offers for a negotiated peace, instead promising to kidnap government officials' family members and bomb schools, according to an Internet audio message allegedly posted by the group.

U.S. outrage as Egypt bars Americans from leaving (Reuters)
Reuters - Six Americans working for publicly funded U.S. organizations promoting democracy in Egypt have been barred from leaving the country, provoking angry demands in Washington that Cairo's new military rulers stop "endangering American lives".

Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, al Qaeda: U.N. (Reuters)
Reuters - The Libyan civil war may have given militant groups in Africa's Sahel region like Boko Haram and al Qaeda access to large weapons caches, according to a U.N. report released on Thursday.

U.S. citizen freed a week after kidnapping in Nigeria (Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. citizen working for Marubeni Corp who was kidnapped in Nigeria's oil rich Niger Delta on January 20 has been released, police and the U.S. embassy said Friday.

Exclusive: Sudan sells seized South Sudan crude at deep discount (Reuters)
Reuters - Sudan has sold at least one cargo of crude seized from South Sudan at millions of dollars discount and is offering more, industry sources said, as Khartoum looks to recover oil revenue from its former civil war foe.

Zimbabwe: Mystery deepens around general's death (AP)

AP - A general in Zimbabwe burned beyond recognition in flames a police officer says didn't seem quite like other fires. Questions over possible arson. And fire trucks arriving without water.

Gambia president withdraws AU chairmanship bid (AP)
AP - Gambia's government says President Yahya Jammeh has withdrawn his bid to chair the African Union amid protests from civil society groups.

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