As Sudan’s 72-hour ceasefire deadline approaches, we speak to Deng Dau Deng, the foreign minister of neighbouring South Sudan which is leading mediation efforts. He told the BBC he hopes General Hamdan Dagalo will respond positively to an extension. Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio, dissolved parliament earlier this week ahead of elections in June. We hear from the United States ambassador to Liberia, Michael McCarthy, on his recent statement accusing the Liberian government of corruption. Eleven female MPs in Uganda have been arrested whilst taking part in a protest march against police brutality.